[OSM-talk] Fund Raising Ideas

[Dan Karran]

On 7/15/06, OJW <streetmap at blibbleblobble.co.uk> wrote:
> The other target market for this sort of thing are companies requiring
> directions to their premises.  The people I work for spent loads (I'll try to
> find out how much) getting a custom map done showing how to get to their
> offices from various directions, and they seem pleased with it.
>
> Because you only need a base map for that kind of thing (main roads into the
> town, and smaller roads as you approach the company location), it doesn't
> take as much time as properly mapping the area.

I'd say even if a sponsor wanted that though, we should still try to
map as much as possible around that area for OSM, even if they only
wanted those main roads for their own use.

> p.s.  If including mapchester as example, make it clear that it required loads
> of people and say what % of the city actually got mapped -- cities are *big*
> places, when even a large village takes the whole day to map using a bike/car
> combination.

True, that needs to be made clear. When I was initially thinking this
through, I was thinking of Mapchester and the difficulties of mapping
inner city areas. I think it would be good to state that it may not be
possible to map high-rise areas, which would suit most towns well.
Issues may arise if people wanted a specific part of a city mapped.
>From trying to do city mapping here, where most buildings are 4 or
more storeys tall, I know it's very unreliable.


Dan

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