Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-26 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Etienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Looks good. > > I think you need to spell out what's in it for Garmin. Something like: > "A significant number of new users at mapping parties will go on to be > regular OpenStreetMap contributors. They will want to purchase th

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-26 Thread Matthias Julius
Etienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think you need to spell out what's in it for Garmin. Something like: > "A significant number of new users at mapping parties will go on to be > regular OpenStreetMap contributors. They will want to purchase their own > GPS receiver and if they have learned

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Alan Brown
> As someone said, it's possible that Garmin would consider OSM a potential > competitor, > however that's not certain and it does us no harm to try. OSM would be a competitor to Navteq or Tele Atlas, I'd think - not Garmin. Which makes me curious - Garmin may get a small profit for repackagi

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Etienne
Looks good. I think you need to spell out what's in it for Garmin. Something like: "A significant number of new users at mapping parties will go on to be regular OpenStreetMap contributors. They will want to purchase their own GPS receiver and if they have learned with a Garmin device at a mappi

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Etienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Perhaps you could draft up your responses to the questions on the form and > post them here for review. If we can achieve a well worded proposition it > maximizes the chances of a favourable response. > Ok, here goes: In 50 wo

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Etienne
Ian As someone said, it's possible that Garmin would consider OSM a potential competitor, however that's not certain and it does us no harm to try. Perhaps you could draft up your responses to the questions on the form and post them here for review. If we can achieve a well worded proposition it

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Etienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > It would be helpful if you would coordinate funding drives with OSMF. > > If not planned carefully your efforts might coincide with a centrally > planned funding activity. This has potential to confuse and dilute > everyone's ef

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Etienne
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Ian Dees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Would there be any interest in getting together a box of GPS devices >> to be sent around for North American mapping parties similar to what >> the

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Karl Newman
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Ian Dees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Ian Dees <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Ian Dees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Ian Dees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Ian Dees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> Would there be any interest in getting together a box of G

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Ian Dees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Would there be any interest in getting together a box of GPS devices >> to be sent around for North American mapping parties similar to what >> t

Re: [Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would there be any interest in getting together a box of GPS devices > to be sent around for North American mapping parties similar to what > they have across the pond? [1] Maybe Garmin would sponsor something? > [2]

[Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

2008-09-25 Thread Adam Schreiber
Would there be any interest in getting together a box of GPS devices to be sent around for North American mapping parties similar to what they have across the pond? [1] Maybe Garmin would sponsor something? [2] Cheers, Adam [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS_Units_for_Loan [2] http