<div dir="ltr">Possibly, but we cite as fact that imports stunt community growth. I don't think that has ever been proven in a way that cuts across cultures, geographies or the quality of the data being imported. People usually point to the TIGER import in the US. I don't think we can purely blame an import, there is much more going on than simply there was data already there. <div><br></div><div>I'd love to see a broader, academically sound study of this. </div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 9:44 PM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com" target="_blank">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Sometimes I wonder whether remote/armchair mapping has similar effects as imports to the growth of the local community. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I think we have recognized that imports has a place in osm provided it follows community principles and guidelines. Maybe its time to discuss similar principles and guidelines to remote/armchair mapping?</p>
<p dir="ltr">cheers,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Maning Sambale (mobile)</p>
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