Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate

2014-10-27 Thread Tim Saunders
What would suit me is an Android app that allowed me to see what needs to be fixed in a particular area, so that I could check some things out if I had a spare half hour in the area…..so Notes, FixMes, Musical Chairs, OSM Inspector and other GB specific stuff (e.g. post boxes, cycle routes,

[Talk-GB] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate

2014-10-27 Thread Nick Allen
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Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate

2014-10-25 Thread Nick Whitelegg
I can recite a few of them. We have very little mobile presence, even  though smartphones are ideal surveying devices; a 5% intervention here  would bring so many more people to our 95%. Interesting points. I'd hope most of us, though, remain idealistic beyond our 20s and don't turn into some

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate

2014-10-25 Thread Nick Whitelegg
I can recite a few of them. We have very little mobile presence, even  though smartphones are ideal surveying devices; a 5% intervention here  would bring so many more people to our 95%. Interesting points. I'd hope most of us, though, remain idealistic beyond our 20s and don't turn into some

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Fairhurst
This one's going to be long, but it might be worth it, I hope. I've been involved in OSM for almost ten years now. 22nd November is my OSM birthday: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2004-November/000111.html Message 000111. Right now talk@ is up to 71235, never mind the