[OSM-talk] On the ground rule on the wiki

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Tue Jun 1 09:25:59 BST 2010


2010/5/31 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If they are not marked, how do the locals know what and where they are?
>
> They look at a map!


No, they don't have to look at a map, that's the point: they simply
_know_ it, they use the name as a reference in their daily
conversation. And that's the kind of information I think is even more
precious than the one that is put on signs: local knowledge.

cheers,
Martin




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