[Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

[Martijn van Exel]

I would love to see these routes in OSM, and I think it's a shame that
there is such an ongoing fuss about it. I really do appreciate the
on-the-ground verifiability rule, but given that even 'approved'
imports like the NYC buildings most likely don't fully adhere to that
rule, given that it's such a relatively small amount of data that
would not even be visible on the osm.org tiles, and given the time and
positive energy invested into this by Steve, I feel there is something
else going on that ticks people off about this particular proposal. I
would love to hear what that is, because I do want to understand why
this is such a big ongoing issue.

Martijn

On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:19 AM, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
> Maybe I should have cross-posted?
>
> Please see my recent post to the import-us list at
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports-us/2014-June/000583.html
>
> Oh, and thank you, Minh.  While 'tis true that the USBRS itself (as physical
> infrastructure) "needs a good deal of work," like a few more signs (it has
> some, but not a lot), it is also true that it is fairly well represented in
> OSM (as logical infrastructure, using the small cost of a few dozen route
> relations).  AND it has been since July 2013!  It's not easy, "automatic
> pilot" to keep it this way, but instead is a manageable and delightful bit
> of effort which I seem to have matched well with my passion to map.  It is
> my pleasure to continue, should the community wish to support me doing so.
> A lot of people are trying to get along, make a "large thing" work, and we
> seem pretty close, except for a bit of ragged misunderstanding around some
> edges that are a bit smeary anyway.  We can fix this.
>
> Heck, maybe we largely already have.
>
> SteveA
> California
>
>
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