MapQuest's Project HotSpot (osm.wiki/Project_of_the_week/2010/Nov_17) has an interesting concept. Help MapQuest Open survey major landmarks to prove to the MapQuest/AOL investors that OpenStreetMap investment is worthwhile. Seems like a worthy trade-off considering some of the work that MapQuest Open has contributed to OSM as of late.

Unfortunately I do not live near any of the 10 listed major landmarks nor do I have any plans to visit them anytime soon. But I do plan to be travelling through a few airports in the near future. My home airport is the Denver International Airport (DIA). Thanks to OSM user "zephyr", the outline of the concourses has been made and the gate locations added. I started adding gate refs yesterday. So I was wondering, as you travel through DIA (or any other airport for that matter), you typically have time on your hands... would you be willing to survey gates/amenities (or other stuff listed in http://bit.ly/d4DBEh).

While airports are typically not major landmarks, they are a place that many people travel through and many of those travellers have mobile devices with mapping capabilities. Imagine the possibilities if they could go to one app or site to get the OSM maps for any airport they are currently at.

Happy travels!

Munich, Germany airport has started mapping amenities and even walkways and stairs: osm.org/go/0JB4GSzSp--

You can get DIA information from http://www.flydenver.com