[talk-au] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Why PD is not better for business

[Elizabeth Dodd]

so we don't need imported data?

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Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Why PD is not better for business
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009
From: paul youlten <paul.youlten at gmail.com>
To: Liz <edodd at billiau.net>

Liz,

The coastline I did back in the "old days" was between Hastings in
Sussex and Folkestone in Kent. I did this by walking along the high
tide mark with my GPS. Bits of coastline that were inaccessible (e.g:
Harbors, cliffs and off shore islands) were done with the assistance
of Yahoo Aerial photos.

Really, we made perfectly good street maps without importing data for
some years before people started bulk importing data.

PY


On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, paul youlten wrote:
>> Saying "This would be a disaster" is a bit hyperbolic. Sure, people
>> who hate OSMapping and just want to use bulk imports will be very,
>> very disappointed, and possibly even a bit upset that they actually
>> have to go out into the real world and make maps.  ;-)
>
> I find your attitude very difficult to understand.
> You may feel that we shouldn't use any information that we can get from
> 'elsewhere' but you might like to check your own country. If it has a
> coastline, was it mapped by an OSM mapper in a kayak or was it imported 
data?
>
>
>



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