I would just run some mapping parties, and remember to go for a drink afterward. They're basically proven effective and shouldn't cost anything at all to run.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping_Party_Howto On 8 Jul 2008, at 07:52, Gerald A wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:58 PM, James Ewen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the problem, more people need to step up to the plate and add a > little more. Many hands make light work. We need to work on spreading > the word about OSM, and get more people interested in the project and > working on the map. > > While I agree with this in principal, it's harder to action in > practice. While I mention and promote OSM when I can, it would be > easier with funding and an organization. Even something informal, > to offset printing costs could be helpful. > > With the large expanse of area that is Canada, the chances of walking > or cycling all of the roads are minimal. With the ever increasing cost > of fuel, the chances of driving all roads to gather gps data is > getting slimmer. More high resolution imagery from Yahoo would allow > more mapping without having to drive the roads. Getting Google to > allow use of the imagery found on GoogleEarth would help also. > > While this kind of mapping lays the foundation, without someone to > visit the roads and then label the yahoo derived drawn maps, it > helps but doesn't really provide useful information. > > I'm not sure we can ever get away from boots on the ground to do > effective mapping, in the long run. We might be able to get some > foundation data from government to prime the pump (like AND in > Europe or Tiger in the US), but our strength is being able to keep > up with changes on the ground in a more agile fashion. In a perfect > world, we'd get map companies aggregating data with us to save the > earth and reduce fuel costs. I have my doubts, but we can hope. > > The long term solution is to build as much as we can, and make it > easy for people to add and make use of the maps, and then let people > know about it. > > Gerald > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca Best Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca
