Route map Funding

I've just spent about six months getting a series of rides designed,
researched, ridden and photographed, only for the local authority, South
Gloucestershire (motto "not riddled with competence") to withdraw their firm
promise to produce the maps.

Does anyone have experience of getting funding for this kind of project? It
will require about £6,000 to get the artwork done and printing of sufficient
copies on tear-proof paper.

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cheers

Rich

"JohnB" wrote in message
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burt wrote:

I've just spent about six months getting a series of rides designed,
researched, ridden and photographed, only for the local authority, South
Gloucestershire (motto "not riddled with competence") to withdraw their
firm
promise to produce the maps.

Does anyone have experience of getting funding for this kind of project?
It
will require about £6,000 to get the artwork done and printing of
sufficient
copies on tear-proof paper.

If the product has commercial viability then wouldn't a bank loan cover
the initial outlay?

there is a problem with commercial viability: in my experience, people won't
buy cycle maps or walking maps, and distribution is a nightmare, which isn't
a problem if they are free.

John B

burt wrote:

I've just spent about six months getting a series of rides designed,
researched, ridden and photographed, only for the local authority, South
Gloucestershire (motto "not riddled with competence") to withdraw their firm
promise to produce the maps.

Does anyone have experience of getting funding for this kind of project? It
will require about £6,000 to get the artwork done and printing of sufficient
copies on tear-proof paper.

If the product has commercial viability then wouldn't a bank loan cover
the initial outlay?

John B

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wrote:

burt wrote:

I've just spent about six months getting a series of rides designed,
researched, ridden and photographed, only for the local authority,
South Gloucestershire (motto "not riddled with competence") to
withdraw their firm promise to produce the maps.

Does anyone have experience of getting funding for this kind of
project? It will require about £6,000 to get the artwork done and
printing of sufficient copies on tear-proof paper.

If the product has commercial viability then wouldn't a bank loan
cover the initial outlay?

It would cost very little to produce a website, and very little to get
it hosted.

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-- Drink C'lloid

Have you thought about publishing on the web instead of hardcopy. Free
access to everyone. You may be able to get some advertising revenue from
local businesses to help fund the site. (B&B's on the routes, etc).

Cheers,
Dave

Actually, have you thought about publishing electronically......

Perhaps as a multimedia project using something like Macromedia Director?
You may then be able to sell the discs at a modest profit. and as Dave
suggests raise a little through advertising revenue...

"burt" wrote in message
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I've just spent about six months getting a series of rides designed,
researched, ridden and photographed, only for the local authority, South
Gloucestershire (motto "not riddled with competence") to withdraw their
firm
promise to produce the maps.

Does anyone have experience of getting funding for this kind of project?
It
will require about £6,000 to get the artwork done and printing of
sufficient
copies on tear-proof paper.

--
cheers

Rich



Have you thought about publishing on the web instead of hardcopy. Free
access to everyone. You may be able to get some advertising revenue from
local businesses to help fund the site. (B&B's on the routes, etc).

Cheers,
Dave

LaoFuZhi wrote:

Have you thought about publishing on the web instead of hardcopy. Free
access to everyone. You may be able to get some advertising revenue from
local businesses to help fund the site. (B&B's on the routes, etc).

Cheers,
Dave


Actually, have you thought about publishing electronically......

Perhaps as a multimedia project using something like Macromedia Director?
You may then be able to sell the discs at a modest profit. and as Dave
suggests raise a little through advertising revenue...


Thing is though, you really want to have hte route map in your paws, for
when you're using it, and preferably on paper that doesn't fall apart at
the merest hint of dampness...

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Velvet

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:16:48 +0000, David Barnes wrote:


Have you thought about publishing on the web instead of hardcopy. Free
access to everyone.
Not meaning to be negative, but you would have to license any OS mapping
from the OS. No real idea of the costs, but it can't be cheap.

burt wrote:
I've just spent about six months getting a series of rides designed,
researched, ridden and photographed, only for the local authority, South
Gloucestershire (motto "not riddled with competence") to withdraw their firm
promise to produce the maps.

Does anyone have experience of getting funding for this kind of project? It
will require about £6,000 to get the artwork done and printing of sufficient
copies on tear-proof paper.

Might it be possible to raise your 6K by sponsorship from
the pubs, hotels, cafes, LBSs etc on the routes?


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in message , John Hearns
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:16:48 +0000, David Barnes wrote:


Have you thought about publishing on the web instead of hardcopy.
Free access to everyone.
Not meaning to be negative, but you would have to license any OS
mapping from the OS. No real idea of the costs, but it can't be cheap.

It's horrendous. You cannot afford to use OS maps. But that doesn't mean
you can't use maps. Take a GPS, ride your route, plot the track on a
PC, make a sketch map from it. That's your own copyright and no-one can
challenge it.

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