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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Apr 27, 2021, 05:02 by osm@dead10ck.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif">I came across this:</span></span> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/42.71889/-73.78869</span></span> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif">And can't help but think that this serves no utility to anyone whatsoever</span></span><br></div></blockquote><div>Used at least in 3D rendering and ridiculously detailed maps<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif">I hesitate to destroy the effort of someone who clearly spent a significant amount of time meticulously mapping each tree, but... at the same, does it really help anyone to know where each individual tree is in a park?</span></span> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif">Maybe I'm too pessimistic. What does everyone else think? Is there such a thing as too much detail? Where do we draw the line?</span></span> <br></div></blockquote><div>Mapping trees as nodes seems fine.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Mapping individual paving stones or branches of tree is not.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For some people mapping trees is interesting in itself, I just got yesterday question is<br></div><div>it OK to map individual trees with their species in OSM<br></div><div>(someone wants to map catalog of trees near place where they live).<br></div> </body>
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