[OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

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On 15/06/2015, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Am 15.06.2015 um 01:24 schrieb Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:
>>
>> There was a humours suggestion to map animal paths, rejected as not
>> something wanted in OSM.

For the record: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Pascal%20Cuoq/diary/13333

> who in osm would be able to reject what can be mapped?

It's not rejected, it's discussed and argued about. In the link above,
the mapper was asking for community opinion to begin with.

>> To some native farmers those paths may be very significant. The rejection
>> reflects a 'western culture'.

I plead guilty of westerner bias in my answer in that blog, but the OP
was mapping in France, so a westerner POV was needed in this case. And
I maintain that animal trails probably should not be mapped in France.

> farmers or hunters? If something is sufficiently significant  to someone
> (and persistent) to map it and potentially maintain the mapping, he will
> just do it, not?

I agree with that, in France or elsewhere. *IF* the trails are
significant, persistent, and OSM-maintainable, they should be mapped.
But I think that the conditions are rarely met. Surely there are
regions of the world where they are more easily met, and asking the
local community will yield a different answer. Hopefully there's a
local OSM community there :)