[OSM-talk] OSM is not the place for dissemination of authoritative data sets

[Mikel Maron]

Martin, have you actually tried RapiD? It doesnt resemble what you describe and does not disempower anyone. From talking to mappers in places with less developed maps than Germany, there is enthusiasm about a tool that will help their mapping processes, and a thorough understanding of the limits of the approach.
Mikel

On Thursday, March 19, 2020, 7:51 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

Am Do., 19. März 2020 um 12:32 Uhr schrieb Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:

I think that someone who cannot respect these basic tenets of
OpenStreetMap - that mappers on the ground have the last word on what
gets into OSM and what not - shouldn't be allowed to publish software
that interacts with our database. I think we should disallow any
contributions made with RapID/map-with-ai and friends.


I support this notion. OSM should remain the project where local people add facts, not a collection of probable geo data as identified by AI (based just on remote sensing and without a clue of the "on the ground situation"). For many tasks it more important that the information is reliable (and maybe obviously incomplete) than apparently "complete". From am political point of view, OSM is a project that gave the power to the people and we have been working hard to make a success. Let's not hand the power over to big business now.
Cheers
Martin


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