[OSM-talk] OSM-Postal an idea to extend Walking-Papers to "not connected" people

[maning sambale]

1. Gridlines/graticules - makes it easier to interpolate relative distances.

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Michal Migurski<mike at stamen.com> wrote:
>>> It is really an excellent idea. I was planning to organize a walking
>>> paper mail out in my home town in a few months to see how it could
>>> work out. I was planning in my case to contact the mayor office to
>>> see if I could coordinate with them if they were interested.
>>> The idea of postcard is very good.  If you need help, let me know I
>>> will see what I could do.
>>
>> I printed out two copies each of six areas in Liverpool and left them
>> in two cafés. On the other side of the paper I put some text briefly
>> describing the project and asking that people either hand it in to one
>> of the cafés or scan it in and email it to me - didn't have much space
>> and I was hoping people realised they could post it back if they
>> wanted. So far I don't know if anyone has completed an area, I'm not
>> aware of them being handed in and haven't received an email, but I
>> know a few have been taken and they even got me in touch with a
>> Slovakian person with an interest in OSM who happened to be in
>> Liverpool!
>>
>> If you're interested this is what I put on the reverse side, if I do
>> it again I'll add a title saying what area is covered though in my
>> case it should have been guessable from the existing coverage:
>>
>> http://johnmckerrell.com/files/osm-walking-papers-cover.pdf
>
> Cool!
>
> I made the mistake of ignoring my OSM-talk mail for a few days, I'm
> really happy to see that people are thinking of ways to work with
> Walking Papers. I've been building up some steam to work on another
> set of change requests, now's the time to ask if you have a pet
> feature you'd like to see added. =)
>
> -mike.
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