[OSM-talk-be] OSM Belgium

[Jo]

Julien, Could you translate the questions of the questionnaire for the
mapper of the month?

https://hackpad.com/Mapper-van-de-maand-FlPmDih1QZs

That would be great and some good practice for you Dutch skills :-)

I could attempt it myself, but it would never be French like a native would
have written it.

Jo

2014-10-10 13:37 GMT+02:00 Julien Fastré <julien at fastre.info>:

>  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
> > 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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