[OSM-talk-be] OSM Belgium

[Julien Fastré]

Thanks, Ben, for the explanation, your report and work. It was very
interesting reading it !

I may help on some subject, occasionnaly (I reckon time is missing for
me for osm-stuff those days). Ask if you need/think about something.

Julien

Le 09/10/14 17:50, Marc Gemis a écrit :
> Thanks a lot for the update. I have to admit that I prefer mapping
> above any of those items you are talking about. So I'm not a
> candidate, except for working on the "Mapper of the Month" stuff.
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ben Abelshausen
> <ben.abelshausen at gmail.com <mailto:ben.abelshausen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I still believe that we are way too small and the only and
>     sustainable way to keep improving the map is to get more people
>     involved. Strangely enough we almost never work to improve our
>     numbers.
>
>
> Maybe because we never go "outside". IMHO we have to go to clubs that
> are interested in maps. We have to invite ourselves and give
> presentations to walking, cycling, geogaching etc. clubs. They might
> have a natural interest for good maps. This happened recently in the
> UK
> (http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2014/10/october-joint-social-meeting-with-beacon-roads-cycling-club.html) 
>
> Another group are retired people. There seems to be an organization
> that organizes all kind of courses for them.
>
> Yet another group are companies. Maybe through Unizo ?
>
> But of course this takes time and requires talents (giving
> presentations) that perhaps many mappers (including myself) do not have.
>
> Meetups are nice, but require that people know somehow about the
> project. It expects that they come to us. By "forcing" a presentation
> upon them, they learn about the project. 
>
> Several of my co-workers are now finaly starting to use OSM for their
> cycling GPSes, because I kept talking about it. Perhaps, one day, they
> start mapping themselves.
>
> Just my .5 cents
>
> regards
>
> m
>
>
>
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