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

[pavithran]

On 21 September 2010 01:53, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> I really need so spell it out to them what is the advantage for them
> locally. To be blunt they probably don't care what we did on Haiti or
> other parts of the world, but they would like to know how OSM could be
> used locally for our town. Project documentation is clear that they will
> support only projects that benefit local population.

Completely agree . You need to cleverly give the benefits almost like
you are convincing a business client .

One thing I could give is Apart from croud sourcing , data
availability you could definitely pitch for localised maps . Localised
for that town council . If there is huge support from the Town council
I bet we(you me or anyone) could make a huge change in the way local
data is presented and harnessed by websites,print etc !

Go for it . Its a good initiative and All the best :)

Regards,
Pavithran

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