[OSM-talk] "reconverting" google mapmakers

[Ivan Garcia]

Hi all,

what I meant with my proposal is not any sort of an agreesive email to the
mapmaker users or anything like that. It's just a message telling them the
existence of OSM, their advantages over Google Maps (availability of the
nodes, open source license, good for tourism, good for local business, etc)

After writing to let's say 10 people , I realized that only 1 if 10 knew OSM
and that person had tried long time ago (3 years ago). What i mean is that
most of them they used Google Maps because they are willing to contribute
but they didn't know any other option. These guys have the spirit of OSM
mappers, so you don't need to convince them why they should map, they are
already very motivated to.

Best Regards.
Ivan.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Sam Vekemans
<acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>wrote:

> Oh this is a good one. :) -i had to add my 2 sence.
>
> OSM is already better than gmaps :) anyway, our aim is not to convince
> gmap people, 'cause Google already knows our map is better.
> What we can do is be printing out the map and giving it out to
> bikeshops, hotels, tourist offices for free.
> My guess is that in 2 years time, we will have most of the planet
> covered, and google will be able to can NavTeq.
> The only reason that they cant right now, is because OSM is not
> complete enough. -agreed?
>
> 'cause right now, we need all 3 -users; mappers and developers.
> As we all know that its only after the basic things get mapped that
> more people join in.
>
> Happy Mapping!
> Sam Vekemans
> Across Canada Trails
>
> On 7/6/09, Aun Yngve Johnsen <skippern at gimnechiske.org> wrote:
> > On 06/07/2009, at 21:04, Chris Browet wrote:
> >>
> >> By scrolling the map you'll realize that in the bottom-right side of
> >> the screen will appear the top contributors and if you are lucky
> >> they will have a google profile where you can send them a email, or
> >> contact them trough their blog, google picassa, etc
> >>
> >>
> >> How good the intent, I'm not convinced by the means...
> >>
> >> - Chriis -
> > I have to agree with Chris, this sounds like an offensive against a
> > competitor. Doesn't mapmaker have some sort of community or other
> > where we can advertise our existence and let people themselves decide
> > if it is worth moving over or not? Emailing active contributors
> > directly is not the way.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Aun Johnsen
> >
> >
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