[OSM-talk] Contacting governments & the press for help

[Russ (Justec)]

On Wed, October 3, 2007 10:50 am, Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> I'll be putting together an OSM press kit in the near future, but for
> now, there's lots of good stuff you can borrow from on the wiki - just
> search it for "press release".

Thanks - I'll have a look.

> The one thing which most newspapers will have trouble understanding is
> the difference between us and Google Maps - "they're free too, aren't
> they?". So it's important to stress things like:
>
> - poor GMaps coverage in many areas
> - GMaps just does roads, it's rubbish on footpaths/cycleways/woodland etc.
> - can't do much with GMaps except view and put pins on the data,
> whereas OSM enables you to make wonderful maps (e.g. UK cycle map)
> - OSM is available for local businesses to use without payment

The poor coverage should be easy to use in the Falklands - GMaps have
next-to-no coverage. They evidently know where Stanley is, since a search
for "Stanley, Falkland Islands" takes you to the right place, but there's
nothing there - not even a name label [1].

Their satellite coverage of Stanley, on the other hand, is excellent [2] -
much better than Yahoo!'s aerial photography, which is really frustrating
:-/

Russ

[1] http://tinyurl.com/2re4jv
[2] http://tinyurl.com/2x7uyp