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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Aug 7, 2023, 02:58 by miketho16@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 6:39 PM Evan Carroll <<a href="mailto:me@evancarroll.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">me@evancarroll.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div><div>While I don't disagree, that's not an argument for OSM. OSM's job isn't to mitigate real world safety issues caused by technology. It's to map generally useful geographically verifiable things.<br></div></div></blockquote><div>I don't understand how cell coverage isn't verifiable - visit the site (e.g. campground) in question, pull out your phone, note how many bars, try to make a call, send a text, use some data (perhaps run a speed test). Yes, it is only good for your carrier, but the carrier should be recorded. Yes, there could be network congestion, or a tower could be out, but we map roads, and they can be congested, or closed due to accidents, flooding, landslides, construction, etc. In some way, this is getting back to our roots, actually getting out and surveying, rather than just relying on satellite/aerial imagery.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Mapping congestion of roads is also out of scope for OSM.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And cell phone reception varies wildly based on weather, time of year, operational<br></div><div dir="auto">internals of operator, load on operator...<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What seems potentially mappable is a place where people go (in area of poor or missing<br></div><div dir="auto">coverage) to use phones as connection is better or existing at all there.<br></div> </body>
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