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Sorry if my comment ignored the contributions many companies make to OSM - but I think the article expresses concern that OSM's potential as something that can
by thomasfoster96 11y ago
Sorry if my comment ignored the contributions many companies make to OSM - but I think the article expresses concern that OSM's potential as something that can be contributed to within a local community is threatened by people from first world cities mapping swathes of area from satellite images. I disagree with that idea of course - I think the nature of contributing to OSM already favours in the field volunteers.
- dublinben 11y agoIn my experience, local ground-level contributors are often reverted by well-meaning remote mappers who rely on outdated satellite imagery. In areas without a strong community of local mappers, most of the contributions will be coming in from users who've never been anywhere near your actual location.
- josinalvo 11y agoThat comment made the problem much more clear to me -- more clear than the entire article
- danpat 11y agoWe do too. The to-fix tool that we use tends to focus on things we can identify algorithmically, like broken links, isolated lines, mis-spellings, etc. We encourage all our staff to get out and map locally, and some have been highly involved in local GIS communities for years.