[OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

Rory McCann rory at technomancy.org
Wed May 13 14:24:47 BST 2009


On 01/05/09 15:32, Ken Guest wrote:
> A few days ago I drove into a new housing estate to add it to the map of the
> locality.
> 
> After explaining to a concerned resident what I was at (free-as-in-freedom
> maps, no trap roads, accuracy etc) , I was asked a rather
> Life-of-Brian-esque question:
> 
> "yes but, what's in it for you?"
> 
> Has anyone else been asked similar questions, and what was your response?
> 
> 
> k.

"It's like train spotting" is a decent answer for 95% of people. Train
spotters are a bit kooky, but mostly harmless. Not a bad image to have.



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