Hi list, On Saturday, the wife & I went to have a look at a local (Stoke on Trent) "fun day", and got talking to the guy at the Sustrans stand, largely because I started looking at his maps. I'm not a cyclist, so I don't know a great deal about Sustrans, but I get the impression that there are quite a few cyclists in OSM's ranks.
It seems to me that Sustrans could benefit greatly from OSM (I know someone has already produced a cycle map), but the man we spoke to had never heard of OSM, and I got the distinct impression that he thought we were a bit mad! He did understand the value of mapping data, as opposed to maps, but he seemed to be pinning all his hopes on persuading the OS to make their data available (so much so that I started to wonder if that's something Sustrans is actively working on). So, I just thought I'd ask - do we have any contacts at Sustrans? If not, would it be worth trying to get some? The person we spoke to doesn't have a GPS, but the Foundation has some for loan. I know they were bought with the intention of loaning them at mapping parties, but would it be worth also loaning them to Sustrans people? Could we use Sustrans to advertise mapping parties, and get more people that way? Any thoughts? Russ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
