[OSM-talk] Increasing map useage (was Merchandise (was : Amazon))

[Etienne]

On 8/29/06, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Etienne" <80n80n at gmail.com>
> To: "OJW" <streetmap at blibbleblobble.co.uk>
> Cc: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Merchandise (was : Amazon)
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>
> > Cake sales?  Now that's an idea...
> >
> > You'll see here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:80n that I
> > strongly believe that the consumer of OSM data should be the one to pay.
> > The contributors to OSM are already very generously giving their time.
> >
> > However, OSM is still at an early stage and its a hard sell at the
> moment
> > to
> > get people to use the data.  I'd be very interested in any success
> stories
> > and accessible examples that we could showcase.
>
> I think we need to make it much easier to:
> 1) find the maps
> 2) use the maps
> 3) give OSM some money
>
> The above also cover some of the things discussed in the recent thread
> "organising the wiki pages".
>
> Can we not have a new subdomain, say http://maps.openstreetmap.org  This
> being a very simple page, with an alphabetical index drilled down by
> country> district>town etc.  there to be available a png version of the
> map
> and the svg file.  (if we want to increase useage of the maps I think we
> have to make the svg available as it's so more flexible). Obviously there
> would have to be someway to get the png and svg files uploaded and linked
> to
> the various pages, suggestions?


Would it be sensible to prototype a few pages on the wiki and get a
consensus about how things should look and the best way to organise the
pages?  The current {{place}} template would seem like a good place to
start.

Etienne



have a link on each page of  http://maps.openstreetmap.org to two further
> pages which are easy to understand:
>
> page 1-   donate here
> page 2 - licence details
>
> Ansd thats it, nice simple site, easy to navigate, and find the maps.
>
> I think we also need to see if we can reduce the OSM logo and CC logo on
> the
> SVG files produced by osmarender, to maybe just text.


Or they could just be made a bit (or a lot) smaller...

If we make it easier to find and use the maps I am sure it will be easier to
> increase uptake.  For instance we could write to all web designers,
> graphic
> designers and ad agencies on the Isle of Wight, pointing out we have maps
> of
> the whole county available.
>
> David
>
> >
> > The associate deals I've set up are for products that many OSM users
> will
> > probably be purchasing anyway.  They generate revenue for OSM at no
> > additional cost to anyone.  Its a win-win deal that generates short term
> > revenue which is sorely needed by OSM to get us to the next stage.
> >
> > I hope that soon we'll get beyond the stage where we have to do
> cake-sales
> > (I might just organize one for the Rutland mapping party) but at the
> > moment
> > every penny helps, and these things really do help us significantly.
> >
> > Etienne
> >
> >
> > On 8/27/06, OJW <streetmap at blibbleblobble.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> If the merchandise page gets any bigger, 80n will be holding raffles
> and
> >> cake-sales to generate money for OSM.  How about something more
> relevant,
> >> like selling maps and map data?
> >>
> >> OSM is Free data, but all the people who know how to obtain it, format
> it
> >> for
> >> printing, and add features to it, are part of the project.
> >>
> >> Perhaps you could start by flicking through any holiday brochures,
> local
> >> guidebooks, leaflets for restaurants, pubs and tourist attractions, for
> >> maps
> >> which could be replaced with OSM data (in areas like surrey), and then
> >> contact the publishers to ask if they'd be interested in an alternative
> >> map.
> >>
> >> Formatting some OSM data in a style that reflects their current product
> >> would
> >> be a good thing to do in advance of contacting them of course, just to
> >> show
> >> what's available.
> >>
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