[OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Karlruhe Scheme addressing ways from 2009 TIGER data

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Dave Hansen wrote:
> There are still quite a few squeaky wheels that
> like to grumble about TIGER, but I haven't heard a single person say
> that it did more harm than good.

Well then you obviously haven't read the two latest entries in Matt 
Amos' blog here,

http://www.asklater.com/matt/wordpress/

("Imports and the Community", parts I and II), with part II ending thus:

"In conclusion; ... the theoretical model still predicts that imports 
damage the growth of the editor community. ..."

Of course Matt's findings are not backed up by a lot of evidence as he 
himself says, so they might be wrong. And even if they were right, it 
would be valid (if slightly un-OSM-like) to say "to hell with the editor 
community, I want data now".

As long as imports are done in a clean way technically, I don't have a 
strong opinion in the matter; I strongly believe in everyone taking 
responsibility for their patch, so if you guys on the other side of the 
Atlantic decide that you want to import the lot then that's what you 
should do.

Bye
Frederik