I don't mind being someone who disagrees :-; Adding phone numbers seems like a good thing to do to me. It's not like a closed system where changes are very difficult - if the number's wrong change it. Having the phone number of a hotel, restaurant, theatre, sport centre or any other business that takes bookings or reservations would be a great thing to have especially on the move. The URI is good too, but the phone number is still more useful for more people.
cheers, Chris ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org > Sent: Wednesday, 20 August, 2008 4:08:38 PM > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Phone numbers in OSM > > > > I am definitively against phone numbers in OSM. On many communities on the > > internet > > publishing phone numbers and email adresses is not welcome because wrong > > numbers can't be found easily and people suffering from such phone calls > > will > > be really annoyed. > > I hate to be the one to disagree, but (obviously) I think that there > should be the ability to add phone numbers to the database and transfer > these to PIO on a GPS map. > > The reason being is that I'm working hard on getting a 'tourist town' in > the Canadian Rockies mapped out, part of the project is to produce a > downloadable GPS map which 'we' could offer for free to the various > visitors. > > The 'find' function on the garmins works really well, for example to look > up resturants or accomodations in the area. Adding a contact phone number > would enable visitors to quickly make a reservation/etc. > > I would agree that phone numbers are really only useful from a business > point of view and great care should be taken to ensure that they are > correct. > > Cheers, > Mungewell. > > PS. If you'd like to visit, we're having a mapping party this coming > Saturday. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Canada:Alberta:Crowsnest_Pass#Mapping_Party_-_23rd_August_2008 > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
