[talk-ph] OSM and Mapping Pros

[maning sambale]

arnel,

> I do understand that OSM sustainability will be at stake when free differential correction becomes available in the Philippines.
When dgps becomes available, then surely we will use it.  European
OSMers are now using egnos to update their own patch in OSM.

For the meantime, we will use whatever tools (mostly free) that are
available.  If somebody gives me 20K PHP, I can rent a DGPS unit (for
a week) and bike around my own OSM patch to make it more accurate.

> If sustainability is a concern of yours, then what path are you going to take?
Let me share some of my thoughts re:sustainability vis-a-vis OSM principles.
1.  OSM data gets better by iteration - that's the basic principle of
a wiki.  If the data right now is inaccurate, we can edit it again and
again until it gets better and better.

2. No data or edit is immutable - again a very basic wiki principle.
If someone added data, anyone can correct, improve, delete them.

Given the above principle, I'm sure OSM is more sustainable than other
mapping project.

> Come on guys.
Yes, I think we are beyond the "turned-off" phase now.  We would love
to hear what you can contribute here being a mapping pro for 20 years.

Welcome!
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