OpenStreetMap
Bike & hiking trail maps: interview participants wanted!
Posted by aschlabach on 20 May 2011 in English.I work for a very large mapping company. We're in need of a few interview participants for trail market research. Help provide insight into how YOU use trail maps, what you love, what you wish existed but that you can't get today... etc.
Interested in talking with me for 15 minutes next week? Please send a quick email to [email protected]
Thanks!
Discussion
Comment from LivingWithDragons on 20 May 2011 at 15:33
Personally (I can't speak for the greater OSM community) I'd consider it polite if you said who the company was. This is out of a friendly interest to know what 'large mapping' companies are interested in OSM and what they are doing with us.
Comment from z-dude on 21 May 2011 at 04:22
I'll reply publicly.
I'd like Garmin to render trails which had the MTB:scale to be shown with Green Circle / Blue Square / Black diamond / double diamond to show difficulty of trails.
I'd like my Garmin to provide directions to factor in uphill speed (ie, taking 1 hour to climb 1000 feet) , and downhill speed (ie 55 kph on my mtn bike going down a 7% grade) and to let a cyclist pick a route based on time, time and energy, and energy.
I like the turn by turn trail directions that my Oregon gives me, but would like it to pick the easiest way there sometimes.