[Talk-GB] English chapter

Nick Black nickblack1 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 18 17:13:20 BST 2009


On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Chris Hill <chillly809 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>  Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>
>  What is the point  of local chapters in England?  We don't have language
>
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>  conversion issues, currency issues or time zone issues.
>
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>  Cheers, Chris
>
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>  One need would be to organise and coordinate local mapping. For instance,
> in my area (the "Solent" area or "central southern England" for want of a
> better word) a goal to work towards might be to get all towns done, or to
> map local national parks / recreational areas e.g. the New Forest or South
> Downs.
>
> Nick
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>  This just feels horribly like a layer of bureaucracy to me.  Why would the
> foundation want to get involved with organising local mapping?  I certainly
> don't need some "official" body to prod me into completing an area.
>

Right, but just because you don't doesn't mean that other people who haven't
yet heard of OSM wouldn't benefit from outreach activities that a local GB
group could support.  Thinking back on the funding we got from RightMove (
http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=204) to sponsor mapping parties, it all helped
get the ball rolling and helped build the OSM community.

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Nick



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