[Talk-GB] Sources - was "Re: Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website"

[Jonathan]

Why re-invent the wheel? There's nothing wrong with "copying" a source 
that is open, yes, there's always the caveat of the quality of its data 
and yes verify some of it with your own survey but there is too much of 
the World to map and too few people.  Stand on the shoulders of Giants!  
Last week the council were outside with theodolite things (a technical 
term) confirming council boundaries, I'm not going to doubt their 
measurements, when that data comes online I'll take it and concentrate 
on other stuff.

Armchair mapping is good, [caveats here].  The people of the Philippines 
are very grateful for us armchair mappers. :-)

Ground surveying is good, [caveats here]. But the huge percentage (based 
on bytes, changesets or manhours) of what is being added to the map 
going forward is not from GPS.

Jonathan

http://bigfatfrog67.me

On 18/11/2013 13:03, SomeoneElse wrote:
> If "other methods" means "copying from other data sources rather than 
> actually going out and surveying" then you're never going to get "the 
> best map", only "a map that is in some areas almost as good as some 
> others".