Handing out business cards is a great idea, which we in Russia have used
numerous times. This usually directs a conversation towards mapping and
its benefit for people, which is always good. You should not hide when
mapping: educating people about OSM is an important part of surveying.
You can
Though I'm "old enough in this project" to celebrate my first decade coming up,
I haven't seen the English, German or ANY version in printed form — I'd now
almost consider it a historic document! And while I seldom snarl "don't print,
we need our trees" (I did co-develop PDF while at Adobe, so
A bit of a tangent perhaps, but I sometimes will carry a digital audio recorder
to quickly take a voice note instead of a picture or paper note. It’s very
inconspicuous and JOSM can load them in the actual location if they are
properly time stamped.
Martijn van Exel
> On Aug 21, 2018, at 17:2
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 1:24 PM Ian Dees wrote:
> It'd be great to have smaller, shorter versions that could be handed out
> like business cards to handle this case in particular, where business
> owners are curious and law enforcement or other interested parties might
> express concern.
>
I pic
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 2:01 PM Michael Reichert
wrote:
> Many years ago? They have been produced for more than ten years now – in
> German. There is also an English version by Andy Allan. [1]
>
Yes, many years ago. Like you say:
> ...
> [1] Andy stopped distribution about two or three years a
Hi,
Am 21.08.2018 um 20:19 schrieb Ian Dees:
> Many years ago some OSM folks put together little fold-up pamphlets that
> described OSM from a layperson's perspective. They were designed for
> promotion at events, but maybe we could put together a tiny little sheet of
> paper/business card that de
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 12:39 PM Clifford Snow
wrote:
> When I'm out taking pictures for later entry into OSM, I bring a bunch of
> business cards to hand out. The card has my name, phone number, email and
> the OSM website. I do this because I'm hoping to get interested businesses
> to add more
On 8/21/2018 11:39 AM, Jmapb wrote:
Don't know how common these sort of predatory tactics are outside NYC,
but fair warning, there may be businesses out there who are no longer
delighted at the thought of someone "from the internet" taking notice of
their publicly-posted information.
Good
I like Clifford's approach of "If you are curious and asking, I reply openly
and honestly with my real name and a card I'm handing you so you may
forthrightly know who I am and what I'm doing."
In the very, very limited number of times I have also had what I can only
characterize as "mild inqui
It's worth noting that at least one business out there (locu) has a nasty
habit of scraping menu data and then trying to sign restaurants up for a
search-engine visibility package in order to be able to update it (they'll
also remove it without a fee, if you ask in the right way, but there are
hoop
When I'm out taking pictures for later entry into OSM, I bring a bunch of
business cards to hand out. The card has my name, phone number, email and
the OSM website. I do this because I'm hoping to get interested businesses
to add more data to OSM. But giving the staff a card might also lessen
their
After mapping for years in the way you described, I've never been approached by
anyone. I try to be very discreet and I try to look like I'm just texting with
someone. Sitting on a bench nearby is ideal - if available. I decided long ago
that if anyone ever did approach me I'd just say I'm takin
Hi USA, just wanted to bring up an issue that I've run into recently
while mapping businesses in NYC.
Whenever I'm walking through the city, I tend to whip out the phone and
check for anything missing, incorrect, or incomplete. Often this means
pausing in front of a restaurant and keying in co
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