[OSM-newbies] OSM and qualitative research around the world

[SteveC]

On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Charlotte Wolter wrote:

> Steve,
> 
>         Shouldn't this be forwarded to someone at the OSM Foundation?
>         It would seem to be useful to have a sense of where OSM work is being done and where it is needed. However, there also may be political sensitivities involved.

re read the email, it's about making maps of how good qualitative research is, not how good OSM is.

> 
> Charlotte Wolter
> OSM: techlady
> 
> At 09:08 AM 11/12/2009, you wrote:
>> try
>> 
>>          http://code.google.com/apis/chart/types.html#maps
>> 
>> also newbies@ may be able to help
>> 
>> On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Susan Dart wrote:
>> 
>> > Dear Steve
>> > I discovered OSM via the press and then wiki. It looks like a wonderful idea and I‚m sure the world will respond to it.
>> >  
>> > One thing I want to do with it to create a map of the world and colour-code each country based on the level of maturity (of the community) in the practise of qualitative research. This will help many academics, researchers, governments, vendors and not-for-profit organisations better support health care and other social science domains.
>> >  
>> > Having read through OSM, POtlach and wiki, it is not clear whether, nor how, I can do this with OSM. I suspect I can do it but it‚s not clear.
>> >  
>> > Can you guide me on this please? For instance, the first thing I want to be able to do is take a map of the work and colour-code every country with red (undeveloped qual research), blue (developing community) and green (practising community).
>> >  
>> > I appreciate your help and look forward to building a worldwide community for this domain
>> > Regards
>> > Susan
>> >  
>> >  
>> > Susan Dart  Director Business Development
>> > QSR International Pty Ltd 
>> > 2nd Floor, 651 Doncaster Road   |   Doncaster Victoria 3108 Australia
>> > Phone  +61 3 9840 4917  Fax  +61 3 9840 1500   Mobile  +61 (0) 434 928 654
>> > s.dart at qsrinternational.com   |   www.qsrinternational.com 
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>> Yours &c.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
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Yours &c.

Steve