<html><head></head><body>OSM is the underlying data, not any particular rendering thereof. The general public are therefore not our target audience; that is composed of data consumers, including renderers of course.<br><br>AIUI the above represents how we react to complaints about the "standard rendering" on the website. Why should that not be true here? <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 February 2019 23:22:56 CET, Paul Allen <pla16021@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 at 22:12, Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Is OSM supposed to be for a tight, dedicated group of expert mappers trying to create the best, most accurate, technically-perfect map the World has ever seen; or is it for the use of John Doe & Jane Public using OSMAND & Maps Me on their mobile phones to find their way from Point A to Point B, or round a strange town?</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would argue that if we keep it amongst a tight, dedicated group with no thought about</div><div>producing something of benefit for ordinary consumers then it will stay that way and it will</div><div> progress SLOWLY. If we try to produce something that ordinary people can use then a small</div><div> fraction of them will see that the map is incomplete and join in. There are positive feedback</div><div>effects that can come into play, if we don't actively suppress them.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Just my opinion. However, there is anecdotal evidence from one of the people on this list</div><div> to support the idea that a useful map encourages more people to aid the effort: <br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t5DxV7cXgQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t5DxV7cXgQ</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><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="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div></div></div>
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