[OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

[Pierre Béland]

2012-09-20 Lester Caine wrote

> Alright insisting on a 'new account' may be wrong, but identifying the 
'import source' somewhere is not unreasonable?
> We do have the problem of the 'language' used to inform other users and some English translations on some of the
   cadastre import stuff would help?

> I will add that
 I am very much opposed to any suggestion that the database should be 
'carved up' and managed
> by different local groups. The DWG is not ideal, and as far as I am aware would welcome some additional help from
> wherever. But that is the ideal level to oversee the whole picture and 
in the end arbitrate when groups disagree
> amongst themselves. How many 
'border disputes' will we have if we go down that path?

I will speak for the Québec community only. Management in a large organization cannot be made centralized only and with a few rules. When we say management, we are talking about following mapping and contributors, informing, teaching, organizing social events.  


In Canada, we have the Talk-ca discussion  list were most of the discussion is in english. And often, there are no tools for monitoriging at regional or local level.

I am a HOT member. Our work brings us in many countries were we try to develop local communities. We have to adapt to a multitude of cultures not to talk about computer literacy and language problems.

The Knight Foundation 575,000$ award should help to adapt Openstreetmap infrastructure to the organization. I see two interesting text written by Kate Chapman and Mikel Maron of HOT that give good clues.
Kate Chapman, http://www.maploser.com/2012/03/29/all-i-want-for-openstreetmap-is-simple/

Mikel Maron  All I want fo OpenStreetMap ... Is Social and Attention http://brainoff.com/weblog/2012/03/30/1773

 

Pierre 
-------------- section suivante --------------
Une pi?ce jointe HTML a ?t? nettoy?e...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/attachments/20120920/b227eebc/attachment.html>