[Osmf-talk] Africa as a training ground - protecting its vulnerability & HOT practices was RE: google Open Buildings usage request

[Enock Seth Nyamador]

The idea of "OSM Africa" came out of an impromptu meeting of OSM
contributors like myself looking to connect with other OSM Contributors on
the continent, etc... This network of volunteers led to the organization of
two SotM Africa events.
I created the OSM Africa Telegram group, I wouldn't say it's the main
channel for communication; I advocate for the use of a mailing list and
there exists Talk-Africa at . I don't know what indicator you are using to
classify it as "main" though.

.....decent contact or wiki page

Maybe this is what you might want to contribute to, talk-africa@ is the
place to start or continue.

Best,
Enock

On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 00:13, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately not everyone who contributes to OSM has the same ideals as
> yourself.
>
> We do have poor quality data in OSM.  Sometimes less than ideal data is
> all that is available.  From a practical point of view sometimes something
> is better than perfection.
>
> Bert has made several good points if you read his emails in full.
> Unfortunately they are fairly lengthy and there is a temptation to skip
> parts of them.
>
> I think the object of the thread was to identify problem areas so the
> worst of the poor data can be screen out before it arrives.
>
> Your sons need to make mistakes so they will learn as do new mappers.  If
> they don't make mistakes mapping they probably didn't start until they had
> a Ph.D. in mapping first.  Unfortunately we allow anyone to map which has
> both its good side and it's bad side.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2021, 16:40 St Niklaas <st.niklaas at live.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hi B Araali - Van Opstal,
>>
>>
>>
>> It sounds like the talk my sons are making 'they do it to' or what I did
>> myself 'their numbers are lesser in value' but mine were below average.
>>
>> The argument they do it too is rubbish, don’t use it. We (OSM) try to
>> make a high-quality database, good to build a reliable map. And if you
>> don’t agree, or don’t want to agree, find your own way out.
>>
>>
>> Greetz
>>
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-Enock
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