[OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

[moltonel 3x Combo]

On 13 June 2015 15:37:22 GMT+01:00, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>http://groundtruth.in/2015/06/05/osm-mapping-power-to-the-people/

I really liked that article, but to me it doesn't argues *against
remote mapping* as much as it argues *for local mapping*.

I think everybody already agreed that local trumps remote, and the
article is enlightening about how important that is and even how to
define "local". But that doesn't mean that remote mapping is a bad
thing. To me, remote and local are two necessary tools in the box. OSM
wouldn't be hafl as good as it is today without that combinaison of
multiple mapper profiles who contribute to a given area.

If remote mapping slows local community growth (I have my doubts), or
if a New Yorker newbie makes a mess of african highway classification,
the way to treat this is to get more contributors, locals spread
everywhere, real strong diversity, better tools and documentation.
etc. The "solution" of holding off remote editing, letting the map
linger in a not-very-usable state for a potentially very long time,
does not sound very sensible to me.



> frederik at remote.org

Starting a thread arguing against remote mapping from an "@remote.org"
email address ? Love it :p