[Openstreetmap] posters

[Andy Robinson]

This will just get bigger and bigger the more data we have to churn out. It
could also potentially be a way to raise significant revenue to help the
development in the future.

I know what its like with snail mail lists. I manage a swimming club
membership base of 600 and it's not fun when the yearly mailshot has to go
out.

The problem of course is that anything scalable is likely to cost money.
Perhaps an existing map distributor would be interested if a commission were
included?

As for the map type... I think it needs to be the size that you can hang up
and show off...promoting OSM by doing so. The signed maps were great but you
do need rather a lot of wall space for it :)
Most maps are not normally glossy so is there any benefit at this stage? I
suspect not.

As for locations, we know where the most data lies. Get some sample low res
png's produced and then vote on the list/wiki which are the most
interesting.

Cheers,

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: openstreetmap-bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk [mailto:openstreetmap-
>bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of SteveC
>Sent: 01 February 2006 17:40
>To: openstreetmap at vr.ucl.ac.uk
>Subject: [Openstreetmap] posters
>
>Hi all
>
>Since the run of posters sold out I've had lots of requests to buy them.
>I'd like your ideas on the design of a new one and a selling system.
>
>The first poster was a limited run, and signed, so we must do something
>different.
>
>This could be an unlimited run, a bit smaller but glossy, or the same
>size etc. Would be nice to do a map out to the M25 and other cities or
>all of Europe. It could incorporate street segments too.
>
>The other thing is the system. Totally swamped writing addresses on
>poster tubes from emails. Need sticky labels and some system like ebay
>store or http://www.etsy.com/. Any ideas?
>
>have fun,
>
>SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/
>
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