[OSM-newbies] Can i have some sort of sponsorship

[Richard Weait]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Arunmozhi <aruntheguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hai everyone,
> I am a student from india. And is very interested in mapping, and have
> been doing my bit with the aerial imagery available. But the imagery
> is not so good for india as it is for european or american countries.
> Our country's metros are some what well covered but other towns and
> cities or completely off. You can try adding a street in mysore, for
> example, using aerial imagery.
>
> But in case of the above mentioned countries its mapped to the street
> level to even building level. The main advantage seems to be the easy
> availability of gps devices among other reasons.
>
> So i would like to ask the help of all those who recieve this mail. I
> don't need any kind of monetary sponsorship or anything like that. Can
> someone who has a old gps device unused in your home would be kind
> enough to pass it on to me. I would be very greatful .
>
> In our country We are ready to process the raw data but getting our
> hands on raw data is what thats hard. Help me generate some.

Dear Arunmozhi,

Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

In addition to applying for a loan of a GPS, consider some of the
other resources that you may have locally.  I see that you are sending
from an ieee address so you are connected with other technically
inclined people and companies.  Organize meetings for local people
interested in OpenStreetMap; you may find others nearby with GPS
devices that they would loan for a mapping party.  Tell local
technology companies about OSM; they may be interested and willing to
loan their GPSes.

Good luck