[Osmf-talk] seeking funding ideas

[Alex McKee]

I agree with that. I think that the crisis mapping shows the potential, 
promise and quality of OSM in a way that no other projects do. I would 
donate to a Crisis Mapping Aerial Imagery Fund and I'm quite certain 
that there are many who would do so particularly after Haiti.

Alex McKee

Gervase Markham wrote:
> On 22/02/10 09:43, Mikel Maron wrote:
>   
>> * Humanitarian OSM Team organizational build up
>> * aerial imagery fund
>>     
>
> I think you could combine these two ideas. What if we had money set
> aside such that, next time there's an earthquake, we can buy high
> quality aerial imagery within minutes, scramble the volunteers and have
> a decent map available in 24 hours?
>
> I'm not sure funding individual mappers to map is actually the best
> leverage, particularly in the West. OSM as a project is time-rich - we
> have a lot of volunteers. Unless their mapping is the seed of a lot more
> mapping. So the evangelism idea has more merit, to my mind, than the "I
> could go work on this area" idea. (Sorry Gregory :-)
>
> Gerv
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