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This is false. OSM contributors have used automatically imported data many many times and continue to the world over. There is however a wariness to use it too
by milliams 13y ago
This is false. OSM contributors have used automatically imported data many many times and continue to the world over.
There is however a wariness to use it too much since maintenance and community building both suffer.
- pekk 13y agoIs the purpose to make good data, or to make a community of people manually tracing things that were already traced in liberally licensed data? And how exactly does this help with maintenance?
- milliams 13y agoThe former. It has been found that encouraging a community around the data collection creates much better data in the long run. An involved community can go beyond what is provided by other datasets and do more than can be done with 'tracing'. There's more to OSM that road centre-lines and building outlines.
- michaelt 13y agoCan you link to any examples of them tracing over bulk, good quality, correctly licensed data? For example wiki pages or mailing list discussions saying they require this?
- 7952 13y agoI think the effort is to make a community. You can always make your own maps separately that mix in other data. Trying to make a single map that will be all things for all people is a waste of time. Streetmaps only every show a tiny amount of data that could be shown.
- Doctor_Fegg 13y agoThe purpose is to make good data. Nine years' experience is that a community of people is the best way to make good data and keep it up-to-date.