[OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced

[Joseph Reeves]

OpenStreetMap is still a wiki though? So if I find a future travel
destination missing from OSM, but covered by Bing, where's the harm in
tracing it? In many parts of the world there is no such thing as
"local mappers" and even if I did trace a load of crap into the
database, anyone else can come along  and, providing they've got a
better data source than I, fix it.

We should all map place we know nothing about. Period. If nothing else
it may provide a vital spark in developing local interests and
efforts. It's a wiki, it doesn't need to be perfect first time.

Joseph




On 8 December 2010 11:49, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at au-kbc.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 22:37 +1100, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:35:31 +0530
>> Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at au-kbc.org> wrote:
>>
>> > you should not map from any imagery area you know nothing more
>> about.
>> > Period.
>>
>> So how about Haiti? Colombia?
>
> exceptional circumstances sometimes need to break rules. But in normal
> course of events, it is not polite to irritate local mappers. Say in
> most of India, satellite imagery can be upto 3 years old - and in the
> past three years there has been a huge construction boom
> --
> regards
> Kenneth Gonsalves
>
>
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