[OSM-talk] The long tail - lowest common denominator

[Nick Black]

On 7/7/06, Erik Johansson <erjohan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/7/06, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at crschmidt.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:27:43AM +0100, Andy Robinson wrote:
> > > Your list principally covers the use of data contributed to, held in and
> > > distributed by OSM. One other point that came up on #OSM IRC yesterday was
> > > the need to ensure that OSM can utilise and respect the licence of other
> > > available data that would enhance OSM. The TIGER import type data out there.
> > > Chris Schmidt was interested in the MassGIS data which has its own licence.
> >
> > Alternatively, OSM needs to take a position where this data is not
> > suitable for upload directly to OSM, and should be stored in a seperate
> > repository, possibly also overseen by the OSMF (or possibly by OSGeo, or
> > some other similar organization). It's a consideration to make, not a
> > requirement.
>
>
> Well I'm sure there is a market for easy access to extra data. E.g.
> things like shoreline inclusion on maps done by openstreetmap, like
> IoW[1]. Or perhaps just vector (vmap0?) backdrops for the streets, I
> for one would much prefer a vector backdrop over landsat.

Why?  VMAP is really crude.  It would be cool to let people choose
though, like select Landsat or Vmap as a base layer.

>
>
> [1] IMO the difference between these pictures is remarkable:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:IsleOfWight20060519.png
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Iow_2006-06-06.png
>
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