OSMF chairman Simon Poole blogged on May 7, 2013: *“Now, with the new editor and our plans for new hardware, we’re stepping up another level to make OpenStreetMap, not Google, the default choice for mapping and map data.” * * * Started as an initiative by some community members, four Openstreetmappers are currently thinking about the future of Openstreetmap. How might OSM look like in 2020? Is it necessary and, if so, possible to compete with a 50 bln dollar company which can buy anything it wants? What can people, interested in geographic data, achieve when they cooperate? Is there a need to increase the feeling to be part of a community? How can we get people to use Openstreetmap apps and improve the data?
The four Openstreetmappers are Clifford Snow (USA), Markus Semm (Germany), Dermot McNally (OSMF board member, Ireland), Dave Corley (Ireland) and Johan de Ruijter (The Netherlands). We would like to enlarge this 'future team' to a group of about 10 people, preferrably geographically spread around the globe. If you are also interested in thinking about the future of OSM, and have enough time to spend 1 to 2 hours per week on this till Summer 2014, then you're most welcome to join us by sending a mail to osm...@gmail.com. You can find more info in the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ Future Dermot, Clifford, Dave, Markus, Johan -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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