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<p>On 2020-08-07 12:04, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:</p>
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<div>Aug 7, 2020, 11:36 by colin.smale@xs4all.nl:</div>
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<p>On 2020-08-07 11:18, Christoph Hormann wrote:</p>
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<div>That digital maps have - based on the precedent set by </div>
<div>Google - almost universally ignored this fact does not change it.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;">You say Google have "ignored" this. What makes you think that we can find a solution where Google haven't?</div>
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<div>This is an absurd argument, we did plenty of things where Google and Google Maps failed.</div>
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<div>This is not an argument at all, it's a question. Empirical evidence would suggest we have also not yet found a solution, so we are in no position to gloat about this.</div>
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<div>Currently we are still in the dick-waving stage and not converging on a consensus that will be usable by most mappers and data consumers.</div>
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<div>Let's start with a hypothesis - a certain tagging model which we expect will be good enough (to start with). Then check how that fits against real-world situations, make incremental refinements to the model, and iterate. Perfection is the enemy of the good! If the result of this discussion is to be of any value at all, it must fit with most of the world, both the geographical realities and the human/cultural aspects. Getting too deep into the details too early is bound to fail.</div>
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