<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Anders Anker-Rasch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@anker-rasch.no" target="_blank">anders@anker-rasch.no</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><p><<In terms of strategy for *OpenStreetMap*: given the strength of <a href="http://apiarymap.com/" target="_blank">http://apiarymap.com/</a> , perhaps it's better to see a partner rather than a parallel effort. Reach out to those folks and see if they'd be willing to switch base maps, and harmonize data for display.>><br></p></span>
<p> I've looked into apiarymap previously, and I can understand where you are coming from. To some extent, I agree with the idea of not starting parallell efforts. However, I find the apiarymap (and others I've seen based on Googles API) very limiting. I got loads of ideas I would like to implement into a map, without revealing too much here.</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The google maps efforts are limited: true. But that's exactly where OSM can offer a compelling and open alternative.</div><div><br></div><div>This is a potential growth area for OSM: to put together some tools that make merging a specialist dataset with the OSM base</div><div>really slick.</div><div><br></div><div>The social question of what's best to use is complex.</div><div>It's possible that mapping in OSM would divide the bee keeping community and damage both efforts.</div><div>Or, it's possible that with "competition" each side would strive to outdo the other.</div></div></div></div>