[OSM-talk] Partnership between OSM and local government?

Aun Yngve Johnsen lists at gimnechiske.org
Mon Sep 20 20:50:09 BST 2010


You mean, how would the city council benefit apart from the fact they  
are participating in a free, powerful routable map with loads of  
features? Free worldwide distribution, availability on several types  
of equipment. Software to make everything from local restaurant  
guides, to routable maps with custom warnings.

Besides there are thousands and thousands of volunteers doing the work  
for them, without getting paid, demanding no more than access to the  
finished works.

brgds
Aun Johnsen



On 20/09/2010, at 16:04, Valent Turkovic wrote:

> Hi,
> if I would write an NGO project for my hometown (Osijek in Croatia)  
> that
> does some specific data collection of some type (like all bus  
> stations,
> all cycle tracks, etc). Do I need some special permission from OSM  
> board
> to do this?
>
> Second question that I have is, been there been some joint ventures
> between OSM and some cities/towns or local government (except Haiti)?.
> Has anybody gotten support from their local government or city  
> council?
> On what kind of project have you been working on?
>
> We have a local NGO and would like to present OSM and ask for support,
> but city council would like to see how can they benefit from it. Just
> explaining how OSM is a great project and how it has hundreds of
> thousands active members won't impress them. We have one nice  
> example as
> city owned transport company uses OSM maps on their website and shows
> trams in transit via gps.
>
> I would love to hear more positive feedback from people who have made
> contact between OSM and local government and/or cities. What for can
> local government use OSM maps and data for? Any good example would be
> great!
>
>
> Thank you in advance for your feedback,
> Valent.
>
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