On 16/06/2015 8:41 PM, john whelan wrote:
Could we make an effort to map one bit of India remotely ideally one
that has a few mappers in it or users and see if it can grow from
there? Any NGOs operating in India?
If possible it should be a place where tourist go. I'd think tourist
would be i
Could we make an effort to map one bit of India remotely ideally one that
has a few mappers in it or users and see if it can grow from there? Any
NGOs operating in India?
I think there are mappers in Bangladesh or East Bengal as it used to be
called before it split from India perhaps they might h
On 16/06/2015 11:42, moltonel 3x Combo wrote:
Also, even if Hindi maps have no practical use and are "just" good PR,
it is worth it. Publicity is a Good Thing when you're trying to grow a
community.
Localized names are definitely useful and not just PR : on top of their
usage value, they are
On 16/06/2015, moltonel 3x Combo wrote:
>> We have had trials with localized maps
>> http://yogiks.github.io/osm-kn/map/ but apart from being good PR they
>> have
>> limited practical use in daily life.
>
> That looks good :) Add a proper domain name and a bit more dressing up
> work, and it could
On 16/06/2015, Arun Ganesh wrote:
> Businesses throughout the country want to list themselves on GM to get more
> customers. I have been to remote parts of the country where hoteliers or
> shop owners ask me how they can be listed. This POI database is massive and
> along with it comes address inf
On 16/06/15 03:01, Arun Ganesh wrote:
> Its a given that most users of new technology in the country are
> familiar with English, or atleast the Latin alphabet. One may not be
> able to speak the language but can easily read street signs and it is
> more familiar than localized signage. We have had
> Fair enough. Although a quick mapcompare session shows that GM has
> nowhere near the quality that it has in Europe/America, so it should
> be less work for OSM to overtake GM in India than it took in Europe (I
> know, if the community is tiny, "less overall work" is still way more
> work for eac
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