[OSM-talk] Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap

[Paul Houle]

  On 10/14/2010 12:52 PM, Mike N. wrote:
> And along those lines,  based on the constructive criticism, the 
> default map shown on the main OSM page should be a "pretty map", using 
> tiles from Mapquest, while mappers that have a need to view more 
> details can select one of the existing map styles.
     I don't think that Justin is advocating "pretty",  he's advocating 
usable.  If highways are labeled "I 85" sometimes and "I-85" sometimes 
and "I:85" sometimes,  that doesn't make things easier for 
contributors.  If roads are too thick and merge into a blob,  that 
doesn't help contributors either.

     Some of these issues,  such as the labels,  are data quality issues 
too and could be addressed in the actual OSM database.
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