<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Assumption that there is a map in Google Maps or in some government mapping agency is not very helpful. (Or that there is a government agency, or a government at all).</div><div><br></div><div>As someone from Belarus where maps used to be just two roads for the whole country in most map providers, and now government uses OSM because there's no other option really, I'd like to confirm that need being covered is indeed *maps*. Maps that exist outside of normal corrupt structures.<br><br>I hope we can elect a board that would be able to accommodate both need in maps for developing countries (we're sick of craft, you want anything - your only option is to craft it) and need in craft for developed countries (where you have Google Maps and governments that made maps for you, and you can pretend OSM is just a hobbyist project).<br><br>Thanks.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 12:36 PM Rory McCann <<a href="mailto:rory@technomancy.org">rory@technomancy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 12/12/2019 23:45, Michal Migurski wrote:<br>
> For many places around the world the need is for *maps* and not for *craft*.<br>
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If you just want a map, go to Google Maps, or a government mapping agency.<br>
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If you want more than that, join us in OpenStreetMap.<br>
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