On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Zsombor Szabó <zsom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wasn't expecting so poor reception on behalf of the OSM community. No > one commented on the idea of sharing and checking into OSM places on > Twitter with OpenMaps for iOS to increase OSM awareness. > > Does this mean that you don't have an iDevice? Don't use Twitter? > Don't like the app? Or just don't find this idea a good one? Or am I > missing something? > > Would it also work with identi.ca/statusnet? > Best regards, > Zsombor Szabo > IZE, Ltd. - http://izeize.com/ > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 22:46, Zsombor Szabó <zsom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Today we released OpenMaps version 4.0 in Apple's App Store. It is a free > > map app based on OpenStreetMap and we believe it is the best. It is as > slick > > as the built-in (Google) Maps application and if you ever used Maps on an > > iPhone you know that it's not a little thing to say. > > But this is not the reason why I am writing this email. > > I believe in OpenStreetMap. I really do. I want it to be the de facto map > > that everyone uses and I think most of you feel the same way. I also > believe > > that OpenStreetMap is not getting the deserved user attention that we > want > > it to receive. I think I have a solution how we could expose it to more > > users with OpenMaps for iOS. > > How? Just launch OpenMaps, find your favorite bar/pub/restaurant/etc. on > the > > map, tap on it (yes, in contrast with Maps you can tap on POI icons in > > OpenMaps without needing to search for them; innovative, isn't it?) and > send > > out a checkin tweet. A typical tweet will look like this: > > http://twitter.com/#!/zssz/statuses/7396822796476416<http://twitter.com/#%21/zssz/statuses/7396822796476416> > > Isn't Foursquare, Gowalla and now Facebook doing something similar you > ask? > > Exactly. And look how popular they are. I believe that tweeting (checking > > in, commenting, etc.) about OSM POIs is a great way to increase OSM > > awareness. And it is a great way to share places with friends as when > users > > tap on an openmaps:// link they will be shown the respective OSM element > in > > OpenMaps (if they have the app installed on their device). They can even > > follow the recent Twitter conversation about an OSM element within the > app. > > So if they want to share with the public that they serve amazing coffee > at > > openmaps://n/957085286 then they can do that easily. > > I am enthusiastic about this and encourage you to adopt this because I > > really think it is a great idea to increase OSM awareness. Maybe it will > > catch on, maybe not. It all depends on the critical mass. > > Best regards, > > Zsombor Szabo, CEO > > IZE, Ltd. > > P.S. for OSM Announce list members: If you have questions or have > feedback, > > then reply on the (cced) OSM talk list. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > -- http://blogs.linux.ie/kenguest/
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