<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:20 PM, John Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deltafoxtrot256@gmail.com">deltafoxtrot256@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 5 August 2010 08:02, Ian Dees <<a href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com">ian.dees@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think the point that Frederik was trying to make was that this model<br>
> ("bulk imported in real time") is not ideal. Ideally, we want the users<br>
> interacting directly with the OSM API rather than going through some<br>
> intermediary service.<br>
<br>
</div>It's obvious that Nearmap, and others, want something simpler than<br>
potlatch to allow people to add their home address or even just a<br>
missing street name as a one off, sure this might get abused and it<br>
will be up to Nearmap or others running these services to deal with<br>
abuse or face the problem of having their account blocked until they<br>
can. Making this process unnecessarily complicated is exactly the<br>
reason why Nearmap is attempting this in the first place.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>So let's talk about making that process easier instead of using the current broken system.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">These users don't give a toss about licenses, they just want to fix a</div>
mistake, such as a missing street name, why make things more<br>
complicated than that?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Licensing is an important part of OSM, but I don't think I mentioned anything about licensing in my response...</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im"><br>
> OAuth was implemented for exactly this purpose. The user creates an account<br>
> on OSM.org, NearMap's client authenticates with OAuth, and the user can make<br>
> edits. It sounds like NearMap has an issue with sending the user off to<br>
> OSM.org to generate a user account and trying to draw them back in to<br>
> complete the OAuth process.<br>
<br>
</div>It might have been, but that's authentication, not account creation,<br>
which is the whole point Ben made in the first place, they don't want<br>
to subject their users to multiple sets of terms and conditions and<br>
confirming account creation and so on and so forth just to add a<br>
street name, no wonder OSM is only for the geeks when the process has<br>
to be so convoluted and overly engineered just to fix a simple mistake<br>
like a missing street name.<br>
</blockquote></div><br><div>Again, let's fix that problem instead of trying to wedge it into the current system.</div>