[OSM-talk] Text for promotional material for New Forest weekend

[David Groom]

1) Slight typo in third paragraph.  Should be   "Then go off and..."

2)  As has been recognised recently by talk of a new home page, simply 
pointing to www.openstreetmap.org may not be the most useful thing to do. 
For the Isle of Wight workshop and associated press release I did a 
"WightIntro" page.  I have just started 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/NewForestWorkshopIntro which might 
be a better place to initially link to.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Whitelegg" <nick at hogweed.org>
To: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 11:41 PM
Subject: [OSM-talk] Text for promotional material for New Forest weekend


> Been in contact with the New Forest tourist centre today. Basically they 
> said
> I could do one or both of two things to promote the upcoming OSM event: 
> email
> them something to put on their website, or make some leaflets promoting 
> the
> event.
>
> Have drafted the text of a leaflet or website entry below. I'm trying to
> attract people who might be interested in the *idea of making maps* as I
> think that's the most likely userbase for non-OSM people.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> --
>
> [OSM Logo]
>
> Create Your Own Maps of the New Forest!
> ==========================
>
> Like walking or cycling in the Forest? Like the idea of creating your own
> maps? Then drop in to the OpenStreetMap New Forest weekend!
>
> OpenStreetMap is a project to produce free maps of the world using 
> satellite
> tracking equipment ("GPS") - essentially, exactly the same system as your 
> car
> satellite navigation system, and it is coming to the New Forest on the
> weekend of September 23rd/24th, with the aim of producing a new, free and
> detailed map of the Forest. By coming along you can contribute to this 
> map!
>
> Bring your own GPS if you have one, but if you don't, don't worry - around 
> 6
> (?) will be available for you to borrow. Then go ofand walk or cycle a
> section of the Forest and meet up in the evening at [one of the 
> Brockenhurst
> pubs]  for a demonstration of how you can turn your GPS-surveyed route 
> into a
> map on your PC.
>
> Meet at Brockenhurst (insert venue) at 10am on both Saturday September 
> 23rd
> and Sunday September 24th.
>
> For more information see www.openstreetmap.org, or email nick at hogweed.org 
> For
> a map of what OpenStreetMap has done so far in the forest see [Freemap 
> URL;
> have chosen freemap rather than the slippy renderer as it's somewhat 
> faster]
>
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