[talk-au] council street directory

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Sun, 2 Aug 2009, John Smith wrote:
> --- On Sun, 2/8/09, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> > My local council has just published a
> > street directory, advertised as "more
> > local than your GPS"
> > I've found the first mistake already
>
> I really wish I could come up with a suitable proposal to local governments
> to remove the need to keep their own base layers and use OSM data instead,
> they could save a ton of money over the long term by making use of crowd
> sourcing and not needing their own map server to render map tiles, just
> have a java script layer stuff over the top of the base maps.

I see this as more of a possibility with a smaller council where we have 
actually been and mapped.
Say Cobar, where I think we missed one or two streets in a new subdivision. I 
should have checked the real estate sites before going there for those last 
hints on "where else do i need to look for streets".
Cobar Shire (last year) had a Google link on its website for a town map.
but this year has a pdf of an A1 map.
Quicker advocacy could have got us on their website, but we still could 
feature there if someone would talk to the council.

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