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<tt>I seriously don't think well get any problems with businesses suing
us for not keeping the information updated. The obvious difference to a
maps printed on dead trees is that they can just create an account and
edit the information themselves if they're not happy with it. Unless
they want to be ridiculed in court, I don't think many would be stupid
enough to go that route...<br>
Yes, I agree that data can get outdated quickly, but personally I
prefer slightly outdated data to no data at all. Besides if it gets so
outdated that it is annoying, someone are bound to be annoyed enough to
go and updated it - that's the beauty of it, isn't it?<br>
Ronny.<br>
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Ahmed Farooq wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Oh
I’m not one bit concerned about advertising etc –
having worked in the local business space for 5+ years, I know how hard
it is
keeping the data upto date, and decaying data is bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Wikipedia
has entries for famous fast food joints –
because of the interest in their story and so forth. Think of a map you
would
buy if you are a tourist to the city – it would have landmarks
(possibly
commercial ones too), but it would not have any ol’ common listing –
it clutters up the map, and can cause headaches down the road
(businesses
threatening to sue because the name is wrong, threatening to sue
because they
didn’t want to be listed, complaining about competitors, etc etc).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Going
from mapping to business listings can open up a whole can
of forms – and if the community decides to do it anyway, I can
understand
that, but I am simply trying to voice concerns that will be run into.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">-A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> Eugene
Alvin Villar
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com">mailto:seav80@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ahmed Farooq<br>
<b>Cc:</b> noel mondragon; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org">talk-ph@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [talk-ph] talk-ph Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Ahmed, there's
nothing wrong
with adding commercial POIs in a general-purpose map even if its
significance
is not on a national-level.<br>
<br>
If you think that this will impact on possible advertising revenues
from OSM
end-users, I don't think that the effect is significant.<br>
<br>
The valid point that you've raised is that it'll be harder to maintain
this
data since businesses come and go, but I think some such data is useful
and we
just need to strike a balance between comprehensiveness and
maintainability.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Ahmed Farooq <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ahmed@enthropia.com">ahmed@enthropia.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Im personally against all commercial POIs,
unless they are a
country-wide<br>
landmark (eg a baseball stadium).<o:p></o:p></p>
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