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OSM has less whining, probably because there is often less amibugity. Someone on StackExchange might wonder if a question is really off-topic, but on OSM, there
by rmc 12y ago
OSM has less whining, probably because there is often less amibugity. Someone on StackExchange might wonder if a question is really off-topic, but on OSM, there'll be very little disagreement about whether the thing is a lake or a postbox.
- Piskvorrr 12y agoOSM is helped by the On The Ground Rule, in other words, physical world is the canonical source. There's quite enough disagreement in secondary tags (e.g. "smoothness" of a way), but having a universal canonical source (whatever is physically there) helps immensely with conflicts between data sources (sometimes from three data sources, you can get five data points, neither of which matches the physical feature ;)). https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Disputes#On_the_Ground_Rule https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Disputes#On_the_Ground_R...