[OSM-np] Fwd: [Talk-de] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Knight awards $575k to improve OpenStreetMap infrastructure

Sat Sep 22 20:45:43 BST 2012

Hi Kate,
Thanks for the info. Btw, would you happen to know any foundations that
might be interested in helping people financially to create local
openstreet maps? That would be nice.

Best,
Rajeev

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:

> Hi Rajeev,
>
> It is a US based foundation, they've supported other organizations
> however that have been US based that have done work that have been
> very helpful to others abroad.  Public Labs(1) is an example. Perhaps
> organizations from the US are more likely to apply because Knight is
> more famous there, I'm not sure.
>
> MapBox has been working to help people get started in OpenStreetMap
> all over the world for a while now as well.
>
> Best,
>
> -Kate
>
> (1) http://publiclaboratory.org/home
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Rajeev Amatya <rajeevamatya at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > i mean i sent them already.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Rajeev Amatya <rajeevamatya at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> just send them an email asking whether they support OSM activities
> abroad.
> >> Looks like they are very US-focused.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:17 AM, bibekshrestha at gmail.com
> >> <bibekshrestha at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> FYI
> >>> --
> >>> Bibek Shrestha
> >>> bibekshrestha at gmail dot com
> >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/bibstha
> >>> "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.", Eames to
> >>> Arthur, Inception 2010
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> From: Michael Kugelmann <MichaelK_OSM at gmx.de>
> >>> Date: Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:14 AM
> >>> Subject: [Talk-de] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Knight awards $575k to improve
> >>> OpenStreetMap infrastructure
> >>> To: OSM talk deutsch <talk-de at openstreetmap.org>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> FYI: 575k$ sind doch eine beachtiche Summe an Geld, die zur
> Verbesserung
> >>> innerhalb von OSM verwendet werden soll...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> >>> Betreff:        [OSM-talk] Knight awards $575k to improve OpenStreetMap
> >>> infrastructure
> >>> Datum:  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:26:58 -0400
> >>> Von:    Alex Barth <alex at mapbox.com>
> >>> An:     talk at openstreetmap.org Openstreetmap <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hello everyone -
> >>>
> >>> I'm excited to announce that the Knight Foundation has awarded a grant
> of
> >>> $575,000 to Development Seed and MapBox to improve OpenStreetMap
> >>> infrastructure.
> >>>
> >>> Myself and my colleages from the Development Seed and MapBox team are
> >>> looking forward to closely work with other OpenStreetMap community
> members
> >>> to put this money to good use. The goal is to improve editing
> infrastructure
> >>> to enable better and more focused editors, update openstreetmap.orgwith
> >>> social features to allow better interaction around common tasks, and
> make it
> >>> easier to access and use OpenStreetMap data. These three components
> together
> >>> aim to allow a fast growing community to scale better. The community
> has
> >>> already identified issues in these areas and begun to make massive
> >>> improvements. We'll collaborate with existing efforts as much as
> possible
> >>> and do all work in the open, on platforms like GitHub and producing
> >>> exclusively open source code.
> >>>
> >>> These are broad brushstrokes for now, without much technical detail.
> >>> Right now we're getting our house in order - we will follow up in the
> next
> >>> weeks with more detailed thoughts on where we would like to go. In the
> >>> meantime, fire away with questions here or feel free to get in touch
> >>> directly under alex at mapbox.com.
> >>>
> >>> Links to announcements:
> >>>
> >>> http://mapbox.com/blog/knight-invests-openstreetmap/
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/six-ventures-bring-data-public-winners-knight-news/
> >>>
> >>> ==
> >>>
> >>> About the Knight Foundation
> >>>
> >>> The Knight Foundation supports transformational projects in journalism,
> >>> media, community and the arts. Knight has a strong track record in
> providing
> >>> key funding to open source projects such as Document Cloud or Panda.
> >>> Development Seed has worked with Knight in more than one instance
> before,
> >>> noteably TileMill was launched on a Knight grant.
> >>>
> >>> - TileMill http://www.knightfoundation.org/grants/20094589/
> >>> - Panda http://www.knightfoundation.org/grants/20110660/
> >>> - DocumentCloud http://www.knightfoundation.org/grants/20110146/
> >>>
> >>> Alex Barth
> >>> http://twitter.com/lxbarth
> >>> tel (+1) 202 250 3633
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >> Rajeev Amatya
> >>
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> >> Email:   rajeevamatya at gmail.com
> >>
> >>
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> > Rajeev Amatya
> >
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