> I'm in favor of a regime where there is a benchmark for the recall and precision rates for the automated analysis, and anything that hits the benchmarks is ac

> I'm in favor of a regime where there is a benchmark for the recall and precision rates for the automated analysis, and anything that hits the benchmarks is acceptable. I think the benchmark rate is "indistinguishable from a human", a sort of OSM Turing test, perhaps. This would build in a few important safety features: 1. Human quality, which generally (but not always) means no egregious breakage. Paying some attention to the linters, for example. 2. Human presence, which means it's possible to have a conversation about the mapper's or bot's activities with that entity, or at least people in control of it. 3. Human timescales, so that it's possible to have that conversation before it's all over. > The opposition seems to emanate from rich, European nations. Personally, I think the difference in approach may reflect the difference between those who want to build a map as fast as possible and those who want to build a sustainable community (which makes and maintains a map). The push towards more bulk imports seems to emanate from the USA, with Facebook testing their import in Egypt. I wonder whether they had a discussion with the Egyptian community first, or just went ahead because they thought knew best what developing parts of the world need?