<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Paul Norman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:penorman@mac.com" target="_blank">penorman@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":35z" class="" style="overflow:hidden">For what points to pitch, I'd suggest<br><br>
- Crowd-sourced, so they can edit themselves, meaning they can get fixed data in minutes to days, not quarters to years<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is my goal. More mappers. They can use other sources, but OSM is really the only one that they can actually improve.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":35z" class="" style="overflow:hidden">
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- Useful for cycling advocacy, as it presents a more accurate less car-focused set of data, and the open tools around OSM make it easier to draw potential options<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Can you help me understand this better? Maybe an example. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":35z" class="" style="overflow:hidden">
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- I'd avoid "open data" as in the US that's often taken to mean working with government data.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> I agree that getting into the cities "open data" is a can of worms. I plan to talk how they can use OSM's data in apps, maps, etc., just for the cost of attribution. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":35z" class="" style="overflow:hidden">
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- Areas like the North Shore in Vancouver have mountain paths which aren't in and will never be in "official" datasets, but are essential if you're cycling there. I'm not sure if there's analogous areas in the Seattle area.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Got a link to the area? Be fun to show. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":35z" class="" style="overflow:hidden">
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What area does the club focus on? (e.g. mountain biking, commuter cycling, etc)</div></blockquote><div> </div><div>Basically it's an organization that supports cyclists. Check out their wikipedia page at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Bicycle_Club">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Bicycle_Club</a>.</div></div><br><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
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