[OSM-legal-talk] Non-existant streets

[John Smith]

--- On Wed, 12/8/09, Emilie Laffray <emilie.laffray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, there is a way. You simply need to go
> to the area. 
> More seriously, I don't see the point of this question
> since all data that we are supposed to collect are based on
> facts that we collected. Seeing streets that don't exist

That isn't the problem, how to mark it in OSM so others will know it doesn't exist, not that it isn't mapped.

> should not be a problem in the first place. The problem
> arises when you actually look at other map providers, which
> is what we absolutely don't want in the first place.

Australia is a big place and no road data has been imported so lots of it is a very blank canvas.