[talk-au] MapOSMatic will now do any where...

[Steve Bennett]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:31 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:

> You asked a question, I replied if you don't like the answer that's
> your problem,


No, if you constantly repeat yourself on a mailing list, it's *everybody*'s
problem. Everyone here understands that renderers can filter out
information. Just like I could reply to every message and say "Different
people tag in different ways, and that's ok!" It doesn't advance anyone's
understanding – it's just noise.

Whereas this:
>Or to put it another way, why are you trying to limit what gets
>rendered by limiting what gets mapped?

...is purely inflammatory. As if I ever suggested "limiting" anything.

Once and for all: My position is that mapping manpower is limited. In an
ideal world of unlimited resources we would map everything to the fullest
extent conceivable. We'd map every block of concrete to the nearest
millimetre, the height of every building, the species of every tree, and the
location of every painted line. But since we don't live in that world, we
have to make trade-offs, directing our efforts to where they have the most
benefit. Obviously different people have different priorities, but it is
unfair and antagonistic to suggest that when I propose a certain trade-off,
that I'm trying to "limit" the project in some way.

Now, are you willing to agree to this principle, so we can move on, or are
you going to continue to accuse me of being too thick to understand how a
renderer works, or of trying to curtail the scope of OSM every time I make
any suggestion?

Steve
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