[Imports] How good can an import be?

[Mike N]

On 4/6/2011 8:15 AM, Hillsman, Edward wrote:
> There are many good-sized cities in the US with very few edits. I'm tempted to propose an experiment. What if "we" (figuratively: I mean the OSM Foundation or an authorized group) simply removed all of the original-and-unedited imported TIGER data from a few of these. Leave everything else in place. Then do some outreach/publicity in these cities and a few others of comparable size, situation, and mapping activity, and then observe the subsequent mapping rates.

  A good time to do this is in conjunction with the ODBL conversion - 
when we remove the edits of those who can no longer be contacted or who 
do not agree to the new terms.   That way the consumers such as 
navigation apps, etc will already be prepared for the loss of usable 
navigation.   Even in "Bad TIGER" cities, the interstate highway system 
is often in good condition.    It would also be good to choose a city 
with poor TIGER road alignment to remove the unedited data.