[OSM-talk] Adding vmap0 road data to OSM

[Igor Brejc]

Karl Newman wrote:
> I'll wholeheartedly concur here. I looked at openstreetmap early in
> 2007 and concluded it wasn't quite ready for primetime, because there
> was almost no mapping done in the US. I came back a few months later
> and noticed the TIGER data being added and decided it was worth my
> time after all. If you can get even the major road networks done, it's
> a key starting point that can draw people in.
>
> Karl
>
>   

Heh, one anectodal evidence of the opposite kind: when I saw 4 months 
ago the area where I live was almost completely blank, it gave me an 
extra motive to get involved - I would be the first person to map the 
area :).

Cheers,
Igor