[Talk-transit] public transport time tables

Michał Borsuk michal.borsuk at gmail.com
Thu Nov 4 20:37:43 GMT 2010


On 4 November 2010 21:25, Sander Deryckere <sanderd17 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I didn't want to attack you.


You didn't attack me, I must have an aggression problem if you took it this
way ;) Sorry if it sounded that way.



> I know it's not easy to make a map, but I see a map making as an other
> project, next to OSM.


OK, then you simply should see that other project as "next to OSM, the
map-making project". It's all about the name and about who makes what. To be
absolutely clear: I am not a street mapper, I map/maintain routes and stops
on the existing map. So I'm on your side, but OSM is OSM, not a
route-building application. That would be IMHO "creeping featurism". The
project seems already complicated to manage, let it stay slim.


> It's good that OSM has its own map, so mappers kan see their changes, but
> it's not OSM's core business.


Is it not?


> OSM is more than data for maps, it also has to provide data for routing
> software, like maxspeeds, forbidden turns ... I think a timetable would be
> part of that. So there can be efficient routing software for public
> transport.
>

I see it as an efficient lower layer for any the routing application out
there. But again, is there a need for a new one?

>
> These are just my thoughts, I don't want to offend someone, I admire all
> people working on projects like this for free, be it map making,
> programming, mapping ...
>
>
Neither do we want to offend, but just in case you were new: my advice take
a look around. I've been here for a year, and I still consider myself
somewhat of a newbie. The very early realization that I made was that OSM is
not a wikipedia of maps, it's a *way more complicated* project than has
existed (personal opinion disclaimer). I do share your optimisms about the
possible uses, what is brewing here is something incredible. If somebody
told me few years ago I'd be roaming the forests in my surroundings with my
telephone, and be able to return home from any given point, I'd not be able
to imagine how that'd work. But it does.


> regards,
>
also,

> Sander
>
>


-- 
Best regards, mit freundlichen Grüssen, meilleurs sentiments, Pozdrowienia,

Michał Borsuk
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