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I don't see how OpenStreetMaps will do any better. On top of just mistakes there will be active fraud https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20237365 https://ne
by gfxgirl 6y ago
I don't see how OpenStreetMaps will do any better.
On top of just mistakes there will be active fraud
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20237365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20237365
- aaronax 6y agoIt's probably not controversial to say that Wikipedia is the "best" encyclopedia. What differences between Wikipedia and OSM do you think prevent OSM from becoming the best map?
- MauranKilom 6y agoHow exactly would you go about basing a map on secondary and tertiary sources?
- Godel_unicode 6y agoOne of the fundamental reasons Wikipedia works well is there's no profit in changing what an article says. Any time there is a motivation, the system falls apart and the article has to be protected and actively monitored.
- blackboxlogic 6y agoThere is plenty of profit in Wikipedia editing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_o...