[Tagging] [Wiki Talk] Why OSM and not another collaborative mapping service?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 05/07/2015 06:35 AM, Ineiev wrote:
>> "There multiple collaborative mapping services. Each of them is a direct
>> rival to OpenStreetMap in terms of competing for contributors and map
>> editing contributions. OpenStreetMap is better than any other competitor
>> for one simple and very fundamental reason"
>> This is not necessarily true.  For example, a project may capture data that
>> OSM is not interested in, and therefore it is not a direct rival.
> 
> Again, it _may_; are there any counterexamples?

There are quite a few collaborative mapping projects where people map
where they encounter which species of plants or animals in the wild.
(For example, a recent discussion on the German OSM forum was about a
software called MykIS used by hobby mycologists.) They do a form of
mapping, but they're certainly not a competitor.

Bye
Frederik

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