[OSM-newbies] no render one thing

[Hendrik Oesterlin]

"Jonathan Bennett" openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk wrote on 27/11/2010 at 20:25:31 +1100
subject "[OSM-newbies] no render one thing" :

> Also, no-one has ever explained what use these outlines are. If you want
> to see if some set of imagery covers an area you're editing, you can 
> just look at the imagery. What does having the outline achieve?

I have created by my own this kind of imagery outlines. "Just look at
the imagery" is non really as convenient, it will display only if the
view is close enough. But then you do not see the big zone covered by
the imagery. In addition, with ADSL 256k and limited amount of data
transfer per month it is much more convenient to just be able to see
the boundaries.

> So given that it does some harm, and appears to have no benefit, that's
> why I'm against outlines appearing in the main DB.

IMHO it does not more harm as the other data in OSM, but it has some
real benefit for some contributors.

> By all means save
> them as .osm files and save them on the wiki or in SVN, but not in the DB.

It could be possible, but right in the database it is available for
everyone without any additional steps.

-- 
Sincerely 
Hendrik Oesterlin - email hendrikmail2002 at yahoo.de