>> But kidding aside, if we do actually manage to raise say, a couple of >> thousand dollars locally for mapping, wouldn't that money be better spent >> buying mapping equipment for use here, rather than sending someone to >> Birmingham? I'm thinking, off the top of my head: >> >> - Some sort of aerial photo rig for mapping provincial areas. Remote >> control plane, balloon etc. >> - Buying imagery from imagery suppliers. Perhaps they'd entertain a >> discount for non-profits. >> - Buying GIS data from the people hoarding it here. >> - Lobbying government departments to help. >> - More GPStoGo pool units.
I don't think sending someone would be a waste, but, > > +1 > > Sending a person to UK would cost around 1,000 pounds. That is definitely a > serious amount of money. As Jim said, if we really had the potential to > raise that kind of amount, I would prefer that it fund projects here such as > those mapping resources Jim mentioned. The funds could also be used for > server hosting and tools or for holding events and procuring promotional > materials. using any amount we can raise for more mapping resources is definitely more worthwhile. > Anyway, if we really want to target SotM, maybe SotM Asia 2013 would be > better? :-) +1, or we can also host it! ;-) -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph