[OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

[Russ Nelson]

Frederik Ramm writes:
 > I think the tl;dr of both these postings could be: "Whenever you give
 > someone a map by remote mapping, you also take something away from them."

Western aid has a bad history of mostly aiding westerners. The one
simple trick for avoiding that is to ask the locals "How can I help?"

And if the locals say "We need a better map for where we live", then
that addresses your concern.

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