[OSM-talk] Tracks and there place in society

Ben Robbins ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com
Tue May 24 20:18:50 BST 2011


>Ben Robbins schrieb:
>> does seem like an incredably hacky way of solving this issue.

>Practically everything in OSM is done in a hacky way. And actually, 
>that's probably the only way that works in a mostly unorganized, 
>freedom-promoting community. If you want strictly logical organization, 
>you're probably in the wrong project. ;-)

>Robert KaiserThe freedom is a farse, becuase people tag to render!  Sad but true.  I'm awair this sounds blunt and near on angry, but I'm not at all bothered by this, so long as that contributors are free to map.  It's not a screech of annoyance, I'm just stating what I have realised to be true.  A realist can agree with a pessimist, but just by chance; not all the time.  In almost all other aspects of the project there is nothing to stop anyone mapping what they want, where they want.  This is freedom. 

In a metaphor, a person may be free to write a story, but don't hand them a pen that doesn't work, becuase that means they can't then exploit there freedom.

I don't agree at all that it can only work in an unorganised way, and my previous emails propose organisation in one specific example.

However, I also elaborated before to say that the answer I'm after in this thread is for 'any' way of solving the problem, even if it's drastically irrational and hacky!.  I just want to map.

Ben

 		 	   		  
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