[Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

[Martijn van Exel]

My apologies for posting the last message using my openstreetmap.us
account. This is my personal view, and has nothing to do with my
official capacity as osm.us chapter board member.

Martijn

On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Martijn van Exel
<martijn at openstreetmap.us> wrote:
> 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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