<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM, MP <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:singularita@gmail.com">singularita@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">> But what if that population then consists entirely of Map Maker users?<br>
> Is that really beneficial for OSM? I know what you're saying, but it<br>
> is reasonable to expect Map Maker users to jump ship to OSM? Is that<br>
> even what we should be hoping for?<br>
<br>
</div>If just one of them discovers OSM somehow, finds out it is better<br>
(they can have the map data back, unlike mapmaker where they can<br>
'only' view results on google, plus more types of data are supported -<br>
footways, various POIs ....), then he may tell others about it and<br>
then maybe entire such mapmaker community will gradually come to OSM.<br>
:)<br><br></blockquote><div><br>And even if they don't, hey, the locals end up with maps they can use, where before they had none. This is a good thing.<br><br>Steve <br></div></div>