> The data quality is always improving, the local knowledge is stellar but varies, the editing tools are ever-improving, the community is growing in size as wel

> The data quality is always improving, the local knowledge is stellar but varies, the editing tools are ever-improving, the community is growing in size as well as across countries and demographics. But the product of OpenStreetMap is poorly marketed, lacks developed user interfaces and experience, and remains in many ways a raw material—a database as we say—waiting to be refined. That was the point with OSM from the start, and the author is clearly missing it.