[talk-au] Interesting opportunity

[Peter Ross]

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:05 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/11/15 Franc Carter <franc.carter at gmail.com>:
>> NearMap seems to have pretty extensive coverage of WA. I was browsing
>> and found another spec (Tammin) which I am currently filling in
>
> Tammin seems to be part of a large chunk of coverage around Perth, on
> the other hand I can't figure out why there is coverage around
> Carnavon as it's north of Perth by 1000km, give or take.
>
I'm sure the council or a large business there bought the coverage off
nearmap, as I believe that is there business model.  They'll sell you
up-to-date coverage for less than what you would pay for satellite
coverage.

For me the opportunity is this.

1. We map caranvon
2. OSM Local foundation and nearmap release press release saying look
carnavon is mapped and now the locals there have a high quality map
which they can use on the internet or on their gps free of charge.
3. Contact local paper there and try and get them to cover it
4. Post the message about nearmap onto the global list

but before we go any further we should first kick off the local foundation.