[Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

[Adam Hoyle]

On 9 Jun 2011, at 17:47, David Earl wrote:

> On 09/06/2011 17:36, Ed Avis wrote:
>> What stops more people using OSM?
> 
> While I agree with your other points, even before you get to the data, I think the first reason is people don't know about it.
> 
> And for most people, why would you not just use Google maps even if you did?


google maps doesn't feature any footpaths!

that's what got me into OSM a few years ago. Sorry to prolly be off-message but I'm happy with Google Maps for all things road related (aside from the small errors it has), but I do like OSM for it's footpaths as I'm not aware of anything else that does that, and I've noticed tons of footpaths missing from Ordnance Survey (maybe not official ones, but traversable ones nonetheless) .

What *I* would quite like is something to import woods and water, and ideally a tool that would allow me to do it on as small an area as I like (eg 1 mile square), with some-kind of preview and option to back out.

If it could be done on local scales, then surely that would empower people (provided they could get their heads around what the tool is and how it works).

ttfn,

Adam