[OSM-talk] People's Map

[Peter Miller]

On 9 Apr 2009, at 12:59, Ed Avis wrote:

> I have to admit to feeling very envious when I see the beautiful,  
> crisp,
> high-resolution aerial photographs that the People's Map guys are  
> able to use.
> It's such a waste that they have retreated into their own closed-off  
> corner
> rather than collaborating with OSM.
>
> I can't see why someone would volunteer time for this project, but  
> they do seem
> to be making some progress: <http://peoplesmap.blogspot.com/>.  I  
> suppose Google
> Map Maker is in a similar situation.
>

Google Maps have 100 million users per day which helps! Contribution  
levels to People's Map seem very low.

If we need good aerial photography then we can get it purchased for  
urban areas as long as the area is reasonably compact. I have set up a  
wiki page where people can say what they want and why and then go  
hunting for sponsors. The cost for a town is about £1000, for the  
whole of the West Midlands Urban conurbation it is about £6K.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aerial_photography_funding_appeals


Regards,



Peter


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