[OSM-talk] Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> No, I cannot create the nice map.
> It doesn't belong in MY skill set.

Fair enough. If you don't have the skills or the computers or the money 
to create a nice map, then you have to talk someone else into creating a 
nice map for you.

But I don't think this should be OSM. That would mean diverting 
resources from creating valuable geodata to creating pretty end 
products. I would rather see someone else take up that work, using OSM 
data to create nice maps of all kinds.

I'm not saying it should not be done, but I don't see it as a task for 
the OSM project. Much as the opencyclemap or the various hiking maps are 
not organised or funded by the OSM project.

Bye
Frederik