On your question Marc to contact companies: I have mixed experiences in the past. Some companies (like McDonalds) were not interested in OpenStreetMap. A situation that should change, since there are just four global players in geodata, OSM being one of them. Our product is not worse than Google places. probably better, because we're in open data. I like your idear, maybe we can join forces for the Benelux. We could start having a platform for entry of business users in OSM, showing them the advantages of using OSM. For instance, if we present the number of OSM app downloads (combined 30 million or so), businesses might gain interest. Let me know if you/others are interested.
Cheers, Johan Op vrijdag 20 september 2013 schreef Marc Gemis (marc.ge...@gmail.com): > I welcomed a new user, expecting that it was related to the Kreatos > hairdressers company: > > their reply: > > Dank voor de informatie. > Weet u een manier om (meerdere) nodes (in één keer) te uploaden naar > OpenStreetMap? Bij Google is dit via Google Places, met een XLS of XML > file. > Heb hiervoor gezocht op de website van OpenStreetMap, maar ik raak er niet > meteen wijs uit? > De informatie zou uit en MySQL database komen, dus een api met > rechtstreekse import/sync mogelijkheid hiervoor zou natuurlijk nog beter > zijn… > > > > --- > > How do I proceed ? Show them the OSM Api v0.6 ? + policy page ? Josm > upload ? Ask them the file and do the upload myself + verification of > individual points ? > > I was also wondering this week whether we could contact companies to ask > them to share their shops or fuel stations. What do you think about that ? > > > regards > > m >
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