[OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced

[davespod]

Joseph Reeves wrote:

> Sorry, but I find this to be a really negative attitude; there's loads
> of people that want to draw a line on the map for the first time, but
> less who want to tidy existing streets, or "just" add POIs. What would
> be wrong, for example, with collecting the first GPS trace of a road?
> Arguably this is much more important than the first tracing of the
> same road from Bing.

The thing I hate about getting in discussions on here is that I always end
up sounding more hard-line than I really am. I certainly wouldn't discourage
someone from having a go and tracing something from imagery to try their
hand at OSM - in fact I would encourage it. As for collecting the first GPS
trace - fantastic! I agree that not everyone wants to collect every single
POI when they map a road (and I don't either). I am not trying to say that a
local mapper being put off going somewhere should necessarily be a reason
not to do something, I am simply saying it is something worth being aware
of.

Sorry if you find it negative. It was more that I have very limited time to
devote to OSM,and had several possibilities for massive local chunks of
things missing from the map. I could have chosen to do the country lanes I
had planned, but that now seemed lower priority than some of the other
things I wanted to get done. I can see why you thought the mapper who
contacted you arrogant, because he sent you a rude email. I did not do that
to the tracer in my case. If I had contacted him/her, I would have been
polite and assumed good faith. I think rude or angry emails flying around
between mappers do far more damage to the project than remote tracing ever
has!

Personally I do think it is a sensible rule of thumb in most cases to either
have a little bit of knowledge of an area you are tracing or a plan to
visit, but I accept that there are always exceptions, and this is far from
the only consideration you need to weigh up. But thanks to all who have
posted some opposing perspectives. I had not consider all of these
perspectives.

Cheers

David
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