2012/2/13 Michael Kugelmann <michaelk_...@gmx.de> > Hello all, > > following my short summary of the FOSDEM 2012 at the first weekend in > February at Brussels. > > As discussed in advance we had an OSM stand at the FOSDEM. > See e.g. at > http://www.openstreetmap.fr/f/**IMG_3746_web.jpg<http://www.openstreetmap.fr/f/IMG_3746_web.jpg> > * we had quite a lot of interest on the stand on completeley different > areas: > + complete newbies (What is OSM? Never heared about it.) > + OSM users just saying "thank you guys, it's wonderful what you as > project are doing" => I want to forward this to worldwide all mappers! > + some mappers asking about "how can I map this and that" > + quite some people asking about "how can I use OSM on my device xyz" > (including Garmin devices) > + developers who want to show a map on the web e.g. with a special overlay > + people asking: "can I do this and that" with the data? I would be > interested to to do "xyz"? > + question: "can I trust the data? How verified is it?" > + ... > * once more a big Thanks to Geofabrik / Frederik for the printouts, they > have been very helpful to point to the project! >
I got the one of Brussels/Etterbeek and I'll use it on some mapping parties I'm planning to organise. Thanks Frederik! It makes the project more 'tangible'. > * flyers went away very quick: after 2..3 hours they were gone (also > Thanks to Geofabrik / Frederik for providing them) => next year have more > flyers > Yes, with 5000 attendants to the conference, we should have around 1000 of them. But who has money to create them? I took a sample, which I'm planning to translate into Dutch to hand out to random people I meet while mapping. > * tablet devices are a good way when you want to show somebody e.g. a map > within a discussion or in the crowd in front of the stand > I'm glad I was able to bring mine and that I was able to help people install OsmAnd and Vespucci on their Android devices. I was a bit worried about it getting stolen, though. There is no way to secure it with a Kensington lock cable. Most people at FOSDEM are decent, but it takes only one... > * For me it was very interesting to work in a multinational team (mappers > being present from Belgium, France, Germany, Slovakia or Slovenia, ....). > Yes, that was a great experience for me as well. Especially since I went to present OSM in Normandy the weekend before. * It is benificial to talk to people who have questions in their own > language which we have been able with the international team. > * maybe somebody from the OSM community should do a talk (or lighning > talk) to get some SW developers and not mappers, the audience at FOSDEM has > a great potential to get other people interested than mappers [1]. > Somebody should indeed get in front of a room of developers and explain where we stand and what more is needed. I've been doing a presentation in Holland about the advanced possibilities of JOSM (in Dutch) and another one in France as a general presentation of the project (in French) and I might step up to do one in English, if noboby else does. But I'm a bit reluctant to actually do it. I'm not really used to talk in front of a public. > * IMHO OSM should be present at FOSDEM 2013 again (another stand). > Absolutely. I'd prefer to be in the K building though (now we were in AW) and with 2 or maybe even 3 tables. We should also have some 'swag'. I liked the warm headwear the OpenSuse project brought. Maybe selling stuff like that a little bit above cost, could pay for the flyers. A cap, or a sticker, or a high-viz vest. Or T-shirts, of course. Preferably something that's useful during cycling or hiking to give the project the name recognition it needs. > * the WLAN provided for the conference was working very well at our stand > It's the WLAN of the ULB. I'm sure it works fine throughout all the buildings, although the FOSDEM crowd probably stresses it quite a bit :-) > * on (very) cold weather don't have your stand located too close to the > entrance door... > Ask to be in the K bulding. > > > add [1]: don't get me wrong, I am not at all complaining about mappers! We > need more of them worldwide. But the overall project has not only a need > for people collecting geo facts, IMHO there is also an increasing need for > people developing the tools to process and work with the data. > > > > Best regards, > Michael. > > PS: genereal comment on the FOSDEM after my first visit: very interesting > but very tight arranged event (10...20 talks in parallel) who is worth a > travel. > Fortunately quite a few of them are recorded so we can still 'attend' them on line. Cheers, Polyglot
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