Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-06-01 Thread Ken Guest
A nice example of using non-geographic tags (business name, contact details, opening hours etc) would be to point out openstreetbrowser ;-) On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:45 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Is it worth doing a small article on OSM for them? It might be worth pointing

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-06-01 Thread john whelan
Or just use the plus sign on the right and use the data overlay. That works nicely for Canada. I have some sample Ottawa businesses I've dropped in. I suppose I could even write a few words round couple of examples. Cheerio John On 1 June 2010 04:18, Ken Guest k...@linux.ie wrote: A nice

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-05-31 Thread Kate Chapman
Hey All, Yesterday Richard Weait and I got an email about an opportunity to put an ad for OSM in a Canadian Business Journal. Unfortunately the turn around was only a couple hours (I'm assuming some advertiser dropped out or something). Anyway we didn't have anything readily available so we

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-05-31 Thread Ken Guest
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Hey All, Yesterday Richard Weait and I got an email about an opportunity to put an ad for OSM in a Canadian Business Journal.  Unfortunately the turn around was only a couple hours (I'm assuming some advertiser dropped

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-05-31 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 15:13, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Anyway we didn't have anything readily available so we weren't able to seize the opportunity.  Does any materials like this exist somewhere for OSM?  If not do you think there is a need for it or was this a freak occurrence?

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-05-31 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 15:13, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Anyway we didn't have anything readily available so we weren't able to seize the opportunity.  Does any materials like this exist somewhere for

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-05-31 Thread simon
Still, it was nice that they thought of us. Very nice indeed... Just one thought the print industry tends to work in CMYK (ie. PDF/X-3), so if anyone wants to do an Ad then 'we' should try to make it as easy for the publisher as possible. Simon

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-05-31 Thread john whelan
Is it worth doing a small article on OSM for them? It might be worth pointing out that businesses can be tagged with websites etc. and the tags can be read on line. Cheerio John On 31 May 2010 11:13, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Hey All, Yesterday Richard Weait and I got an email