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If McDonalds were to add all its restaurants to OSM what would be the downside? They are not removing other restaurants from the map. I fail to see how adding a
by zaik 6y ago
If McDonalds were to add all its restaurants to OSM what would be the downside? They are not removing other restaurants from the map. I fail to see how adding accurate data points would hurt OSM even if it is done "selectively".
- soheil 6y agoCherrypicking causes biases [0]. A highly non-random distribution of data points is the issue here. No one has to remove other restaurants, it's just that there could be 10x more effort put in to add detailed McDonald data points. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking#In_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking#In_science
- maxerickson 6y agoOSM has lots of other sources of bias, so it isn't really an additional problem. For instance, someone has enthusiastically mapped Coke County, Texas: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/32.083/-98.465 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/32.083/-98.465 I haven't looked into it, but chances are it is just a result of them living there, and it creates a huge bias in the data in Texas.
- matkoniecz 6y agoTypical failure mode is adding all their places, duplicating what was already mapped. Or low paid contractors damaging unrelated data while doing this. But adding accurate data is highly welcome!