[OHM] Fwd: Confirmation link on OHM is not working

[Jeff Meyer]

This is the right place.

Unfortunately, the site is still in the process of getting set up.
"Someone" has been dragging his, her, or its butt in getting things up and
running. It should be ready in the near future.

In the mean time, we should set up a notice saying it's not ready.

My apologies!
On Mar 12, 2013 5:12 PM, "Richard Welty" <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:

>  Charlotte Wolter is having trouble getting registered for ohm. so am i
> for that matter.
> she says the confirmation links don't work; i've  yet to receive the
> confirmation email.
>
> who should i pass this info on to?
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Confirmation link on OHM is
> not working  Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:03:36 -0700  From: Charlotte
> Wolter <techlady at techlady.com> <techlady at techlady.com>  To: Richard
> Welty:;
>
> Richard,
>
>          I have tried several times to confirm my membership in OHM.
> However, the links that are being sent to me don't work.
>          Do you know someone there who I can tell what's happening?
>          Thanks!
>
> Charlotte
>
>
> At 05:31 PM 3/11/2013, you wrote:
> >On 3/11/13 8:18 PM, Charlotte Wolter wrote:
> >>
> >>         So far, the director has said it's OK to use the map as
> >> it's printed on their web site to add the Lincoln Highway to OSM,
> >> but I asked her for a clarification, emphasizing that we need data
> >> in the public domain. If she says OK to that, then I guess it's OK
> >> from their point of view.
> >>         Now, my main question is, does the fact that their routes
> >> are superimposed over a Google map create a problem?
> >it should not. i would double check the google TOS for the maps api
> >just in case, but i'd be
> >really surprised if google tried to claim mashup data, and if they
> >did, i'd be really surprised
> >if such a claim held up in court.
> >
> >the original data belongs to the Lincoln Highway folks, and is
> >theirs to control.
> >
> >the lincoln highway runs right past my grandmother's old house on
> >"old 30" just
> >east of Nevada Iowa. she was very into the whole Lincoln Highway
> >Days celebration
> >there. those of us who are too young to remember the highway coming through
> >(which is nearly all of us at this point) don't understand how big a
> >deal it was when it
> >was built. it is a road of special historic significance.
> >
> >for alternate routes, which may no longer exist, you might want to
> >look at the OHM
> >project, which is a database of historic facts separate from OSM
> >that's just starting
> >up.
> >
> >richard
> >
> >
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