Welcome Eon! Sounds like our motives align pretty well. Hope you enjoy the list and contribute alot!
Cheerios Marlon -- Android gmail -- On Oct 2, 2011 7:05 PM, "Eon van Zyl" <s21046...@tuks.co.za> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a new member to the Talk-ZA mailing list. I work in the energy > management industry and I currently reside in Pta. > How did I get involved in OSM? > Earlier this year I got a Android smart phone with integrated GPS > receiver and being bit of a tech-head I was quite keen to utilize this > tool to its full potential. The phone came with Google Maps which was > nice, but the fact that it required a data connection didn't appeal to > me, I wanted to be able to see my maps even when there is no coverage. > So I started searching the Market for a free map/SatNav app that can > work with free offline maps. Amongst the mentioned map formats there > was OpenStreetMaps and I decided to have a look at it to see how > "open" it is and if is any good. At first glance the map of SA seemed > quite complete and accurate, I saw that some minor roads and street > names were missing, on the whole however it seemed very promising. I > investigated further, went to the wiki, etc. and then I realized that > OSM is open as in "open source" and that I can contribute to improving > the map. > After being enlightened to the philosophy behind OSM I was truly > hooked and ever since, whenever I travel, I look for opportunities to > improve OSM. Hopefully I can make a valuable contribution to the OSM > community. > > Eon van Zyl > > This message and attachments are subject to a disclaimer. Please refer > to www.it.up.ac.za/documentation/governance/disclaimer/ for full > details. / Hierdie boodskap en aanhangsels is aan 'n vrywaringsklousule > onderhewig. Volledige besonderhede is by > www.it.up.ac.za/documentation/governance/disclaimer/ beskikbaar. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
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