[OSM-talk] Marketing OSM

[Nick Black]

On 2/8/07, kaka <drspencer at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Yeah, there are always ongoing debates about wiki/mailinglist/forum.
I used to favour a forum, but now I like things the way they are.
Debating, arguing,discussing on the mailing list, then when there is
vague agreement, write up the outcomes on the wiki.  Of course, there
is nothing to stop someone starting another forum if they wanted to.


>
> Magnus
>
>
>
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> 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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