[Talk-us] FW: [osm-professional] Regional Street Centerline Solution - Minneapolis- St. Paul metro area - RFP

[Ian Dees]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Apollinaris Schoell <aschoell at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> the way osm works is so different that this doesn't make much sense. a DB
> where anyone at any time can modify, delete data will require constant
> tracking for which they will definitely need their own db. So why even
> bother with osm at all. using the osm toolchain is an option which can make
> sense. then all kinds of extensions like limited access for can be
> implemented.


Part of the point I was trying to make was that if our response to requests
like this is always something along the lines of "the way OSM works is
different so it doesn't make much sense", then maybe we're doing something
wrong. Who will use our data (beyond plopping OpenLayers down and using OSM
tiles) if there are no tools to allow it to work with outside entities?
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