[OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

[Peter Miller]

On 11 Mar 2009, at 12:07, Nick Black wrote:

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> What I'd ask is that the OSM community, particularly community  
> leaders, look beyond slip-ups like the quotes in this article, and  
> look at the enormous benefits that the involvement of organizations  
> like CloudMade, GeoFabrik, ITO, AND and many of the other for-profit  
> companies who are using OSM data can bring to the project.  Hold  
> these contributions up with the contributions of the other OSM  
> leaders - the super mappers, coders and OSM-F members how pour  
> unknown hours into creating OSM.

I was considering doing a post highlighting the positive benefits that  
CM is bringing to the project, in particular with the huge investment  
in building community in the USA. Compare the USA now with last  
October on this image and the one linked to it to see what is  
happening in the states. Not all of this is of course due to CM's  
input but their work must be part of it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterito/3087316306/


There are of course still things that need to be sharpened up and I am  
sure they will be.



Regards,




Peter

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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net 
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> > And you can't always blame the journalists, either. Once they
> > send their copy in, the editors can have a go at it as well.
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> If I may speak up for editors, a lot of journalists could avoid this
> unfortunate necessity by Actually Learning To Write.
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> cheers
> Richard
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> (Incidentally, Tim is absolutely right: good, clear 'Notes to  
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> the end of releases are the way to go.)
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