[OSM-talk] Osmarender 5

[spaetz]

On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 10:13:45AM +0100, 80n wrote:
> Here are some of my thoughts on why showing the user name might actually be
> a good thing:
> 
> 1) Showing the author of the work against each street allows the ordinary
> user of our maps know who actually created it.  This gives them some

This is not only a trust building issue, it let's co-mappers see easily who's active in certain areas.

> 2) Attributing the authors of each street directly on the map is a very
> direct way of show appreciation to the person who did the surveying and data
> entry.  People spend a lot of time and effort doing this - they deserve to

This is a valid point, and I kind of like the way, (at least some) users are appreciated and shown on the map.

> 3) This point is about copyright.  We have a responsibility to provide
> attribution. Our license *requires* us to, it is not optional.  There has

I don't think this way of rendering can ever fulfill our coopyright/attribution requirements, so I think we shouldn't even try to make it do so. It's virtually impossible to add the names of all contributors next to features that have been added. You'll have to do the same thing for all amenities etc. and you'll have to look up the history of everything for every render.

> 4) It makes the maps look really different from those provided by Google,
> etc.  OSM is about "using maps in creative, productive or unexpected ways".

True