Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-28 Thread James Mast
Well, when I did my "original" edit in that area because of the collapse, somebody had already deleted the small section that collapsed. So, I just added the missing "access=no" tags on the other ways. Plus, it didn't hurt that I was on my PC already and watching the local 11PM (EDT) news and

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-27 Thread Clifford Snow
Let's forget about Google Maps for a moment that give thanks to the contributors who updated I-5 on OpenStreetMap. Alan, rickmastfan67, Sundance and katpatuka have all contributed to the update. It is dedicated mappers like these that make OSM great. -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a huma

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
On 26/mag/2013, at 13:03, Paweł Paprota wrote: > Well of course when you put "osm" in the search query you will get results > from OSM.org... but it kind of defeats the purpose - the point is to promote > OSM to people who don't know about it, isn't it? you only get these results because

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-26 Thread Paweł Paprota
Well of course when you put "osm" in the search query you will get results from OSM.org... but it kind of defeats the purpose - the point is to promote OSM to people who don't know about it, isn't it? On 05/26/2013 12:23 AM, Martin Koppenhöfer wrote: Am 25/mag/2013 um 12:22 schrieb Paweł Pap

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-25 Thread Martin Koppenhöfer
Am 25/mag/2013 um 12:22 schrieb Paweł Paprota : > Sure but have you ever seen a link to OSM object (way/relation/node) in the > internet? Yes, I noted this because of a misspelled street name, but it also works for correctly spelled ones, if you put osm to the search term you'll see them so

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-25 Thread Russ Nelson
Paweł Paprota writes: > Sure but have you ever seen a link to OSM object (way/relation/node) in > the internet? Sure. I link to them all the time (warning, these are all associated with railroads, so if you're not a railfan, click at your peril!): This search: https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/ope

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-25 Thread Paweł Paprota
On 05/25/2013 12:15 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Of course with Wikipedia it was somehow "easier" because all of their work gets indexed by search engines Also osm is indexed by search engines Sure but have you ever seen a link to OSM object (way/relation/node) in the internet? When

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-25 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
On 25/mag/2013, at 10:33, Paweł Paprota wrote: > Of course with Wikipedia it was somehow "easier" because all of their > work gets indexed by search engines Also osm is indexed by search engines cheers Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreet

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-25 Thread Paweł Paprota
Things like these and in general -mania really only show how upside down the world is nowadays. Does OSM really want press like that? I'm not sure... true, it would "get the word out" about OSM but is that the "proper" way to publicize? I think people don't really care that some bridge was removed

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-25 Thread Johan C
For the press it's simple: everybody knows Google, Google is 'hot'. Openstreetmap is relatively unknown. So writing about Openstreetmap won't attract a lot of viewers for an article. And I wonder whether the community really wants to see Openstreetmap turn into a big player which attracts a lot of

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped bridge quickly

2013-05-25 Thread Paul Norman
How can we get more effective press coverage from events? Part of it is probably more people volunteering for the communications working group, but is there more? Note: If you want to help with the CWG, email communicat...@osmfoundation.org. From: James Mast [mailto:rickmastfa...@hotmail.co