Things like these and in general <Google/Apple/insert your favorite corporation here>-mania really only show how upside down the world is nowadays.
Does OSM really want press like that? I'm not sure... true, it would "get the word out" about OSM but is that the "proper" way to publicize? I think people don't really care that some bridge was removed or added or whatever, they just see the word "Google" or "Apple" in the headline. How did Wikipedia become a household name? I don't know but I'm not sure if it was because they wanted to get silly publicity like this. I would bet it had more to do with the actual content and quality of their project. Of course with Wikipedia it was somehow "easier" because all of their work gets indexed by search engines and the more links to Wikipedia the better place in search results = automatic publicity to pretty much everyone who uses the internet. Back on topic, I don't think "journalists" who write those articles/headlines will be interested in OSM any time soon. And that's a good thing in my book. Paweł On Sat, May 25, 2013, at 9:40, Paul Norman wrote: > How can we get more effective press coverage from events? Part of it is > probably more people volunteering for the communications working group, > but > is there more? > > > > Note: If you want to help with the CWG, email > communicat...@osmfoundation.org. > > > > From: James Mast [mailto:rickmastfa...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:10 PM > To: talk...@openstreetmap.org; talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 colasped > bridge quickly > > > > http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/collapsed-i-5-bridge-gone-google-maps-almo > st-quickly-it-6C10067906 > > If I remember correctly, we had it marked as "access=no" and the segment > removed about an hour faster than on Google. Somebody needs to get ahold > of > Rosa from NBC (who did the "article") and let them know about OSM pawning > Google here. > > -James > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
