[Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

[Gregory]

On 1 May 2010 03:16, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > The problem with the GIS guy is that he told me he wanted to say yes but
> he
> > can't specifically agree to a certain license. I don't want him to play
> > dumb.
> > The Records Manager has been doing a great job of ignoring me. Even when
> I
> > went to his office he sneaked out of the window while I waited in
> reception.
>
> [ ... ]
>
> Really?  Climbed out the window, like in a movie?  I think you scared
> them Gregory!  Maybe you shouldn't wear the balaclava and camouflage
> next time.  ;-)  I guess you didn't have an appointment?
>
Well maybe not out of the window but it felt like it. The nice receptionist
had told me to wait for him to come back and came back from wandering around
and said he bumped into him on the way to another meeting. He might have
walked straight past me, the place isn't big so even if not he could have
popped in to say sorry I have to go. I was then advised to e-mail him to
make an appointment, errr, well my 2nd e-mail was just asking for a
confirmation reply.



> I'm sorry that they aren't seeing your way, right now.
>
> The discussions with GeoBase took about 2 years if I remember
> correctly.  My first email to them was acknowledged with a "we got the
> email you sent through our web site," almost immediately.  It was a
> few months before I saw a specific reply regarding my inquiry.  When
> they did reply, it appears that they had independent inquiries from
> several people around Canada.
>
Your doing better than me to get that first e-mail.


>
> While you might feel like they haven't listened, or that they are
> ignoring you, it may be that you have made things easier for the next
> person who asks them about OSM.  The folks at UBC might find that they
> are interested in OSM the next time they see us mentioned in a
> newspaper or magazine.
>
I think you might be right. It would have been good if I had managed to get
some more people interested on campus during my time there. Oh well, there
are links on the wiki for the next person getting deep into OSM.


-- 
Gregory
osm at livingwithdragons.com
http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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