<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Zsombor Szabó <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zsombor@gmail.com">zsombor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Wasn't expecting so poor reception on behalf of the OSM community. No<br>
one commented on the idea of sharing and checking into OSM places on<br>
Twitter with OpenMaps for iOS to increase OSM awareness.<br>
<br>
Does this mean that you don't have an iDevice? Don't use Twitter?<br>
Don't like the app? Or just don't find this idea a good one? Or am I<br>
missing something?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Would it also work with <a href="http://identi.ca/statusnet">identi.ca/statusnet</a>?<br><br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Best regards,<br>
Zsombor Szabo<br>
IZE, Ltd. - <a href="http://izeize.com/" target="_blank">http://izeize.com/</a><br>
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 22:46, Zsombor Szabó <<a href="mailto:zsombor@gmail.com">zsombor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Today we released OpenMaps version 4.0 in Apple's App Store. It is a free<br>
> map app based on OpenStreetMap and we believe it is the best. It is as slick<br>
> as the built-in (Google) Maps application and if you ever used Maps on an<br>
> iPhone you know that it's not a little thing to say.<br>
> But this is not the reason why I am writing this email.<br>
> I believe in OpenStreetMap. I really do. I want it to be the de facto map<br>
> that everyone uses and I think most of you feel the same way. I also believe<br>
> that OpenStreetMap is not getting the deserved user attention that we want<br>
> it to receive. I think I have a solution how we could expose it to more<br>
> users with OpenMaps for iOS.<br>
> How? Just launch OpenMaps, find your favorite bar/pub/restaurant/etc. on the<br>
> map, tap on it (yes, in contrast with Maps you can tap on POI icons in<br>
> OpenMaps without needing to search for them; innovative, isn't it?) and send<br>
> out a checkin tweet. A typical tweet will look like this:<br>
> <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/zssz/statuses/7396822796476416" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/#!/zssz/statuses/7396822796476416</a><br>
> Isn't Foursquare, Gowalla and now Facebook doing something similar you ask?<br>
> Exactly. And look how popular they are. I believe that tweeting (checking<br>
> in, commenting, etc.) about OSM POIs is a great way to increase OSM<br>
> awareness. And it is a great way to share places with friends as when users<br>
> tap on an openmaps:// link they will be shown the respective OSM element in<br>
> OpenMaps (if they have the app installed on their device). They can even<br>
> follow the recent Twitter conversation about an OSM element within the app.<br>
> So if they want to share with the public that they serve amazing coffee at<br>
> openmaps://n/957085286 then they can do that easily.<br>
> I am enthusiastic about this and encourage you to adopt this because I<br>
> really think it is a great idea to increase OSM awareness. Maybe it will<br>
> catch on, maybe not. It all depends on the critical mass.<br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Zsombor Szabo, CEO<br>
> IZE, Ltd.<br>
> P.S. for OSM Announce list members: If you have questions or have feedback,<br>
> then reply on the (cced) OSM talk list.<br>
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