[OSM-talk] Sourcing street names - what's the policy, and why?

[Anthony]

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> But if I was going to be doing ground surveys, there are lots of places
>>> I'd rather visit than these new outer suburban housing developments.
>>>
>>
>> Why aren't you mapping those places instead?
>>
>
> Not sure I understand the question. But to clarify: the places I'm
> interested in surveying are either country towns, national/state parks, or
> places in my city that are good for bike riding. But out of a sense of duty,
> I also spend time tracing roads in outer suburban housing developments off
> Nearmap - I just don't have any desire to go and visit them, least of all to
> spend hours writing down street names, when there are much better places to
> get the information from. My time being finite, I'll spend my survey time in
> places of maximum utility/interest to me.
>

I think we're all better off if people would not map out of a sense of
duty.  Stick to the places that you're interested in, and not only will you
get the most benefit, but we'll get the best maps.
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