[Talk-ca] Canada Yellow Pages listings & OSM

[john whelan]

I think the point was yellow pages are around $500 per year for a
small business that is quite a large sum, but a tag on OSM for their
store or whatever is free and if they'd like to become a member at $25
or whatever it is to join OSM officially or whatever...  Not quite the
same but it is a web presence.

Cheerio John

2009/10/30 Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
> In a message John mentioned how the yellow pages uses maps... and it's all
> listed in Google search.
>
> I remember meeting with the Yellow Pages group back in college for a school
> project.  That was fun :)
>
> ... and basically, if the Yellow Pages Group sees that there is value in
> designating a team at their office to make placemarks in osm for each
> business listed, then they probably will.
>
> They are certainly free to render their own version of the OSM map so it's
> customized (cloudmade can do that easily). (we just like them to give the
> proper attribution, just the same as if they would want to donate their
> data, they would expect the same of us)
>
> Its worth to note that http://www.mgmaps.com/kml/ exists, where by you can
> load a layer on Google earth that will show osm's main mapnik render, and
> osmarender, and cyclemap.  (As well as OpenAerial Map too.)  I like the 25%
> transparency option, as you can see the imagery under it.
> And so, just dont show the default map layers of Google Earth, and it looks
> great. ... the point is, is that the 'directions' option, and the search
> option still works.
>
> Although it doesnt use the OSM database for the search, you can still find
> things.   Afterall the geographical long/lat of the location of the company
> is owned by yellow pages. (they can move it where they like). AFAIK
>
> But in regards to copyright, of course, the above usage is 'personal
> non-commercial use'.  .. and hey, most users use it that way.
> .. .. there is an OSM project for the directory listings (just dont remember
> the site at this time)
>
> So in regards to the National Map data quality.  Well, our aim (and my aim)
> is to have all the data available (in the next month or so). And over the
> next 8 months (by september 2010) most of the data should be available on
> osm.  ... Most certainly all the road network will be in there, with the
> fantastic work of the geobase-road-crew.
> ... and for canvec, im sure there's others out there who will go bananna's
> with the data, bringing it all in ;)
>
> So ya, it would be great if the yellow pages approaches this group and asks
> how they can help.
> ... having said that, i DO think that creating a non-profit OSM Canada
> Foundation, where as a board of directors, we can be a main point of contact
> for businesses such as these.
>
> Fortunatly, were still 10 months away from literally putting Canada 'on the
> map' litterally... so it's something we dont have to think about that much
> until later.
>
> ... i started a wiki for it
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Canada_Foundation_%28proposed%29
>
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