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

Sun Sep 23 05:15:11 BST 2012

Hi Rajeev,

What exactly are you looking to do? For what is it that you need
financial support? Meaning it can mean a lot of things.

There are likely groups that would help, but there would probably have
to be a specific focus. Such as disaster planning, transportation,
tourism, or something like that.

There are different types of approaches that can be taken with these things.

Best,

-Kate

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Rajeev Amatya <rajeevamatya at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.org
>> >>> with
>> >>> 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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