[talk-ph] mega-micro-detail or even coverage?

[maning sambale]

Hi,

A very interesting talk by Harry Wood last SOTM2011 (I was on the
other room presenting State of the PH during that time).  Blog and
link to videos and slides here:
http://www.harrywood.co.uk/blog/2011/10/10/sotm-talk/

The main message is that while some areas are getting enormous level
of detail the coverage seems to be very uneven (slides 43 onwards).  I
think this is happening in some areas in the Philippine map.
Some mappers are doing micro-detail mapping (I'm guilty myself) while
in other places, data is barely updated if updated at all.
Micro-detail mapping is good but it is very difficult for new mapper s
to contribute to these areas leaving the impression that is is already
complete.

Should we go for detail or even coverage?  Where do we draw the line?

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cheers,
maning
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