[OSM-talk] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

[Joseph Reeves]

I've not followed this thread too closely, but arguably OSM is meant to be
made not used. Nobody should use OSM on a daily basis; that's what MapQuest
Open, MapBox et al are for.

Using OSM on a daily basis would be like trying to read a dictionary as
your only book: all the words are there, but the story is rubbish.

/Devil's Advocate
On 20 Jul 2013 16:16, "Clifford Snow" <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com>wrote:
>
>> To date OSM is run by a group of mappers that caters to mappers. There is
>> an unlikely but burning desire to somehow turn more ordinary muggles into
>> mappers.  It is as if the map was meant to be made, not used:
>> and it's working.  Of the people I talk to and show OpenStreetMap, the
>> vast majority have never even heard of it, and that includes land
>> management, GIS professionals, teachers and engineers all who could in
>> theory be interested.
>>
>> What would drive more mapping would in fact be more passive users: some
>> percentage will survive the test of fire on the tagging list and become
>> mappers.  OSM could offer high quality print exports, or
>> one-click embeddable maps, or a dozen other compelling services.  But
>> someone would have to pay for all that bandwidth and user support, in order
>> to glean a few more true believer mappers.
>>
>
> I think you just created OSM new tag line, "OSM is meant to be made, not
> used"
>
> Adding muggle useable features would certainly be a step in the
> right direction.
>
>
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> Clifford
>
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