[OSM-talk] Osmarender 5

[Gregory Marler]

On 9/2/07, Andrew MacKinnon <andrewpmk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/2/07, 80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Here are some of my thoughts on why showing the user name might actually
> be
> >a good thing:
>
> ...
>
> I think that it makes sense to keep the username on the Osmarender
> layer, but with the copyright symbol removed, since the Osmarender
> layer is still (even with Osmarender 5) considered a rough draft layer.
> It provides a convenient way to see which user created a particular
> way, which might be useful for editors. However, this information is of
> no use for the end user of OpenStreetMap data, so it should be omitted
> on final renderings of the data (like Mapnik and printed maps).
> Consider Wikipedia - readers of Wikipedia who are not involved in
> editing do not care which users contributed to an article, so this
> information is only listed on the history page.
>
> Andrew MacKinnon
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My thoughts too.
We could have a copyright watermark tiled all over the map like other
non-free map sources like Google Maps etc.
But doesn't the end user want something more clean and a nice presentation,
rather than random names over the map their using to give directions to
their business, or random names where they point out areas of local
interest, or whatever use?
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