[Tagging] Paper streets?

Pieren pieren3 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 19 00:29:31 BST 2010


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:37 AM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com>wrote:

> "Paper streets" in a partially-built subdivision are more likely to be
> developed in the near future than is a totally-imaginary city located where
> no development is currently planned.  So, they are likely to be of more
> interest to people.  Any such proposed streets should be replaced, over
> time, as real construction takes place.
>
> Chances are that, as real development takes place, some of the real streets
> will be in the originally-planned locations, and some won't be.
>
>
I think that OSM should by a project about mapping the present, not the past
or the future. What is the "near future" ? 2 months, 2 years, 20 years ? We
have far enough to do just to keep the data up to date.

my 2 cents
Pieren
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