[OSM-talk] New Google Maps style - interesting cartographic innovation

[Elena ``of Valhalla'']

On 2016-08-12 at 10:44:06 +0200, Maarten Deen wrote:
> One suche lure will cost € 0,60 if you have to buy it using in-app purchases
> and the money probably goes to Nintendo.

probably to Niantic, who wrote the app, and not Nintendo (altought
Nintendo may get a cut). Not that it's really relevant.

> Because of that, I am so happy that OSM is an open map. I do not assume any
> workgroup within OSM will ever try to impose a ban of mapping certain
> features because OSM is not receiving money from them.

This. this. this.

With my user hat on, "only stuff that is interesting to another user
gets mapped" is a much better failure mode than "only stuff that pays
enough gets mapped".

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Elena ``of Valhalla''