<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 7:17 AM, David Bannon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dbannon@internode.on.net" target="_blank">dbannon@internode.on.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":23v" class="" style="overflow:hidden">I'd suggest a large percentage of mappers are not aware of this list,<br>
or, if aware, do not see it as relevant to them and do not subscribe.<br>
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I mapped for many years before subscribing.</div></blockquote></div><br>+1</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">but also:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">- most mappers are still busy with mapping more straightforward stuff like paved roads, house numbers, simple POIs. "Why think of the future, there are so many more things that we can map without endless discussions" ?</div><div class="gmail_extra">- maybe "why should I bother discussing something, while free tagging is allowed".</div><div class="gmail_extra">- language barrier, please don't forget that not everybody is capable to discuss in English. The Belgian mailing list suggest to discuss in English (to avoid the French-Dutch-German problem), but we had complaints that this limits the participation.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">regards</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">m.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">p.s. Also see Harry Wood's presentation on the last SOTM about the long tail: <a href="https://vimeo.com/album/3134207/video/112438218">https://vimeo.com/album/3134207/video/112438218</a></div></div>