Re: [OSM-talk] Now 5 users in Östergötland

[Dan Karran]

On 7/29/06, OJW <streetmap at blibbleblobble.co.uk> wrote:

> Regarding the "Category:users in (place)" wikipages - are we going about it
> the wrong way?  If I visit a place, then other people mapping that area might
> want to contact me to compare notes.  But I'm not "in" that place, not living
> there, so the wiki categories won't help anyone find me.

Perhaps change them to "Users mapping (place)" categories, or add them
in as well?

> Maybe OSM itself could return a "list of users who've edited within x miles of
> (position)" as an alternative way to find people with local knowledge...

That would be the ideal way of doing it, but until we get to that
point the wiki will help identify people who want to be identified as
mapping those areas.


Cheers,
Dan

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