[OSM-talk] POI Collection as a Competition

[Robin Paulson]

On 11 June 2010 11:04, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> Let's forget the prizes for now, even if they could some how be turned
> into a positive.  What about the mechanism?
>
> How do we create a super easy way for folks with focused interests to
> participate in OSM?  Say a super postbox click-adder.  How does that
> work?  Does the data get submitted automatically to the API, and under
> which user id?  Or should new postboxes be confirmed by a user from
> another IP address first?

by re-appropriating the tool used at openaddresses.org

it's the best thing i've seen for allowing people to add a handful of
items, without the need for training, reading manuals or even signing
up