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A,<br>
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If you have any idea who/what/where these SMBs are (the "stupid" one) by all means you can remove them but eventually someone will put them back in the map. This is the beauty of a wiki map.<br>
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murlwe<br>
<-----Original Message-----> <br>
>From: Ahmed Farooq [ahmed@enthropia.com]<br>
>Sent: 5/11/2009 5:12:47 AM<br>
>To: raw@develo.ltd.uk;talk-ph@openstreetmap.org<br>
>Subject: Re: [talk-ph] talk-ph Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8<br>
><br>
>You vastly underestimate the stupidity of some SMB operators.<br>
> <br>
>Trust me, it has been my day job for the last five years :-)<br>
> <br>
>-A<br>
> <br>
> <br>
>From: talk-ph-bounces@openstreetmap.org<br>
>[mailto:talk-ph-bounces@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Ronny Ager-Wick - Develo<br>
>Ltd.<br>
>Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 4:59 PM<br>
>To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org<br>
>Subject: Re: [talk-ph] talk-ph Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8<br>
> <br>
>I seriously don't think well get any problems with businesses suing us for not<br>
>keeping the information updated. The obvious difference to a maps printed on<br>
>dead trees is that they can just create an account and edit the information<br>
>themselves if they're not happy with it. Unless they want to be ridiculed in<br>
>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Yes, I agree that data can get outdated quickly, but personally I prefer<br>
>slightly outdated data to no data at all. Besides if it gets so outdated that it<br>
>is annoying, someone are bound to be annoyed enough to go and updated it -<br>
>that's the beauty of it, isn't it?<br>
>Ronny.<br>
><br>
>Ahmed Farooq wrote: <br>
>Oh I’m not one bit concerned about advertising etc – having worked in the local<br>
>business space for 5+ years, I know how hard it is keeping the data upto date,<br>
>and decaying data is bad.<br>
> <br>
>Wikipedia has entries for famous fast food joints – because of the interest in<br>
>their story and so forth. Think of a map you would buy if you are a tourist to<br>
>the city – it would have landmarks (possibly commercial ones too), but it would<br>
>not have any ol’ common listing – it clutters up the map, and can cause<br>
>headaches down the road (businesses threatening to sue because the name is<br>
>wrong, threatening to sue because they didn’t want to be listed, complaining<br>
>about competitors, etc etc).<br>
> <br>
>Going from mapping to business listings can open up a whole can of forms – and<br>
>if the community decides to do it anyway, I can understand that, but I am simply<br>
>trying to voice concerns that will be run into.<br>
> <br>
>-A<br>
> <br>
> <br>
>From: Eugene Alvin Villar [mailto:seav80@gmail.com] <br>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:59 PM<br>
>To: Ahmed Farooq<br>
>Cc: noel mondragon; talk-ph@openstreetmap.org<br>
>Subject: Re: [talk-ph] talk-ph Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8<br>
> <br>
>Ahmed, there's nothing wrong with adding commercial POIs in a general-purpose<br>
>map even if its significance is not on a national-level.<br>
><br>
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