[Talk-GB] OSMUK and the Open Geospatial Data Stimulus Fund

[Jez Nicholson]

Behind the scenes, your OSMUK Directors are engaging with various groups to
raise the profile of OpenStreetMap in the UK. We don't always get to shout
about it at the time, but here goes...

We now have good rapport with the Open Data Institute (the ODI). This in
part encouraged them to send 2 representatives to State of the Map in Milan
on a fact-finding mission. They then included OSM as a data source for
their Open Geospatial Data Stimulus Fund which gave grants to joint
public/private sector Open Data projects.
https://theodi.org/article/the-projects-were-funding-to-explore-open-geospatial-data-in-local-government/

We were contacted by thinkWhere on Fairer Falkirk
http://futurescot.com/fairer-falkirk-thinkwhere/, and Open Data Manchester
on Mapping Mobility Stockport
https://medium.com/@opendatamcr/mapping-mobility-in-stockport-1a099758a1eb to
help them understand how they could use, and add to OSM.

Open Data Manchester have done a great job with making OSM approachable to
the public through 'Joy Diversion' which I believe they have run 5 times
now, and an Intro to OSM workshop.

Our key message is that the public sector can benefit by creating and
enhancing data held in OSM as well as consuming it. e.g. why build your own
database of local libraries when instead you could budget to improve the
data held in OSM?

I'll put my trumpet down now ;)

Regards,
              Jez
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