[OSM-talk] Marketing OSM

[kaka]

Hi Nick
Nice to hear that you share my enthusiasm. I think the marketing wiki is a
great idea, I´ll have to think about it for a few days, its content and
sections. I´ll post about it soon again.

About the offline document, how about a community effort with a wiki/online
word editor? Anyone has a link to the existing document? Also, I noticed
that the forum was shut down some time ago, not sure why though. I think
that things should be kept as simple as possbile and I think that the
general public prefers a web forum to the e-mail list. By the way, I live in
Stockholm, Sweden.

Magnus





Nick Black-4 wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Excellent enthusiasm!
> 
> On 2/8/07, kaka <drspencer at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Marketing OSM
>>
>> Hi
>> I would like to know if there is a marketing strategy for OSM. I try to
>> spread the word in various internet forums (GPS/GIS forums, environmental
>> sites, travel forums...), to other GIS related friends, university etc,
>> but
>> I would, naturally, like to see more people joining this project to speed
>> things up a bit. If there currently is no strategy, I would like to hear
>> some suggestions on how to make the world aware of OpenStreetMap. How
>> about
>>
>> * Contacting GPS hardware/software manufacturers (maybe ship an OSM
>> pamphlet
> 
>> with every device or a link from their sites?)
>> * Requesting support for the file format from various GIS packages
> 
> An interesting idea, but could be quite tricky to achieve.  The fact
> that OSM includes tools that export to formats like Shapefiles,
> Postgis etc, should help interoperability.  The best way to achieve
> this would be for people to start writing plugins for FOSS GIS
> themselves.
> 
>> * Cooperation with universities
> 
> We 'officially' cooperate with universities in the UK like UCL (who
> provide hosting) and Manchester (providing conference facilities) -
> many other universities provide assistance on a more informal basis.
> 
>> * A new web based forum, perhaps phpBB or a similar solution
> http://www.levertons.net/osm/ used to be one here.
> 
>> * Creating an offline document with all the info one needs to get started
>> with OSM mapping. I think I have seen this discussed somewhere. Maybe
>> there
>> already is one?
> 
> There is/was, but I don't think its being maintained.
> 
>>
>> If we could make every GIS/GPS user aware of OSM, that would surely add
>> some
>> weight to the project. Maybe we can learn something from the Firefox
>> campaign? I´m sure there must be tons of great ideas on how to expand the
>> network. Any suggestions welcome.
> 
> Feel free to start a wiki page/promotions group or something.  The
> best way to get anything done round here is to do it yourself ;-).
> Seriously, start contacting any organisations you would like to, to
> see if they are interested in supporting or being involved with OSM.
> It would definitely be a good idea to start a wiki page to document
> who you have contacted - that way it reduces the chances of  garmin
> getting 100 emails from OSM people.  With the conference coming up in
> the summer, its a great opportunity to spread the word.
> 
> Where abouts in the world are you?
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Magnus
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