Re: [Talk-GB] Redraft of objectives for OSMUK

2016-02-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks Richard, Hugely important for wikimedia but I don't think we need to go as far as defining it for the UK OSM Group (others may disagree). Hopefully it is clear that we are saying any content/information/data that wider OSM community considers to be suitable for use in OSM. This would

Re: [Talk-GB] Redraft of objectives for OSMUK

2016-02-17 Thread Richard Symonds
WMUK uses the following definition: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Open_knowledge "The definition of Open Content given in the Articles of Association says: "Content" means textual or numerical information, still or moving images, sound or music or other data disseminated on printed, electronic

Re: [Talk-GB] Redraft of objectives for OSMUK

2016-02-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
>Hi everyone > >3rd draft following this week's concall > > >@Rob - this really needs to go in the wiki but I'm not really proficient at >wiki editing > >Regards >Brian Hi Brian, Sorry for the delay. This is done now [1]. By the way the wiki is now a lot easier to edit as it has a new "WYSIWYG"

[Talk-GB] Redraft of objectives for OSMUK

2016-01-29 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone 3rd draft following this week's concall 1.To increase the quality and quantity of data about the UK in OpenStreetMap. 2.To increase the size, skills, toolsets and cohesion of the OpenStreetMap community of data contributors and editors in the UK. 2.To promote and facilitate the use