[OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced

[Jacek Konieczny]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 10:01:45PM +1100, Steve Bennett wrote:
> > You should not map from the Bing imagery area you know nothing more
> > about.
> 
> Why do people such make bold, absolutist statements like this with no
> policy to back them up? 

Absolutist? 'Should not' is not 'must not'. And have you read whole mail?
I have even described the case of how the imagery is useful even when
traced on an 'empty' part of OSM data.

If I write 'we should try to make OSM data as accurate as possible' is
that still some absolutist bold statement that limits your freedom?
Practice of not mapping unknown area is about accuracy. A lot of people
invest their time and money to get to the places they map, just to make
the data accurate. Without even visiting a place you don't know if the
gray rectangle is a building or something else.

Greets,
        Jacek