<div dir="ltr">The idea of "OSM Africa" came out of an impromptu meeting of OSM contributors like myself looking to connect with other OSM Contributors on the continent, etc... This network of volunteers led to the organization of two SotM Africa events.<br>I created the OSM Africa Telegram group, I wouldn't say it's the main channel for communication; I advocate for the use of a mailing list and there exists Talk-Africa@. I don't know what indicator you are using to classify it as "main" though.<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">.....decent contact or wiki page</blockquote><div>Maybe this is what you might want to contribute to, talk-africa@ is the place to start or continue.<br><br>Best,<br>Enock<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 00:13, john whelan <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</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"><div dir="auto"><div>Unfortunately not everyone who contributes to OSM has the same ideals as yourself.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We do have poor quality data in OSM. Sometimes less than ideal data is all that is available. From a practical point of view sometimes something is better than perfection.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bert has made several good points if you read his emails in full. Unfortunately they are fairly lengthy and there is a temptation to skip parts of them.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think the object of the thread was to identify problem areas so the worst of the poor data can be screen out before it arrives.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Your sons need to make mistakes so they will learn as do new mappers. If they don't make mistakes mapping they probably didn't start until they had a Ph.D. in mapping first. Unfortunately we allow anyone to map which has both its good side and it's bad side.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheerio John<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 4, 2021, 16:40 St Niklaas <<a href="mailto:st.niklaas@live.nl" target="_blank">st.niklaas@live.nl</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">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Hi B Araali - Van Opstal,<u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-CA">It sounds like the talk
my sons are making 'they do it to' or what I did myself 'their numbers are lesser in value' but mine were below average.<u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-CA">The argument they do it
too is rubbish, don’t use it. We (OSM) try to make a high-quality database, good to build a reliable map. And if you don’t agree, or don’t want to agree, find your own way out.<u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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