[Talk-us] US Chapter Mission Statement

[Sam Vekemans]

Actually, i was wondering with the context of the mission statement.
(but thats fine, if thats needed to define that the US is)
OSM's job is to map it all, and list what local people call it.

Might i recommend adding a mandate to:
Maintain & ensure quality with the USA community specific standards,
and render the openstreetmap.com default map to be stylized to
US-standards
ie. All labels to be english, a custom map key to list the way you
understand the meaning of 'freeway' and 'forest' ...etc.

As well as design and maintain & develope the page layout to the way
that the US chapter likes it to be.

Imo, the OSMF decides the page layout and what default map (and what
other maps) to display on OpenStreetMap.org is/are.
So thats something tangable :-)

cheers,
Sam


On 11/27/09, Chris Hunter <chunter952 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, and Puerto Rico is a territory - although at least some of us
> mainlanders wish they'd make up their mind and either declare independence
> or ratify as a state.
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Chris Hunter <chunter952 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Sam Vekemans <
>> acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just curious,
>>> What is a protectorite? And why is it needed?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>> It's a pretty archaic idea - see
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectorate#United_States
>>
>> IIRC, only the Marshall Islands are still a protectorate.
>>
>>
>


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