[OSM-talk] The long tail

[Jon Stockill]

Andy Robinson wrote:
> Andy waves :-) and points to the status page which now contains a list of
> the main "node" contributors:
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Stats#Users_creating_the_most_map_no
> des_with_time

I was quite surprised to find myself on that list - I've not really had 
chance to do much with all the converted tracks I uploaded the other day.

I'll add that I had no expectation of privacy - lots of the tracks start 
and end at my front door, resulting in people being able to find where I 
live - but they'd save themselves an awful lot of work if they just used 
whois. Should anyone find themselves traversing the miniscule bits of 
map I've managed to produce then I'd be only too happy for you to get in 
touch so we can go for a beer (yes, there do seem to be rather a lot of 
pub icons on my section ;-) - there appears to be someone else mapping 
Leeds too - if you're reading this please drop me an email to say hello 
- we can avoid duplicating too much effort then.

Steve, I understand your concerns, managing a project such as this was 
never going to be easy, but I'd just like to thank you for doing such a 
great job so far - long may it continue.

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Jon Stockill
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