[OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] What is OSM and what isn't?

[Oliver Lewis]

On 5/1/09, simon at mungewell.org <simon at mungewell.org> wrote:
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> It's worth noting that OSM is really a geo-database project, not a web-map
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My point here is that getting the best geo-database may be dependent on
widening the user base and that one way to do that is to have a more
full-featured site for the project.

As long as OSM keeps an eye on re-importing data from other variants (if
> they are not using the main database) then everything will be 'happy'.


That supposes that the other variants are open but mainly I think people
will use the closed/commercial alternatives (without contributing anything)
so these improvements will never be available.

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