[OSM-talk] An open letter to OSMF board members.

[Włodzimierz Bartczak]

Yes I know OSM is not a map but a database. What matters now is not how it
should be used, but how it is used. This style is identified with OSM
whether we want it or not. Therefore we should pay more attention to how we
want to be perceived.

śr., 1 cze 2022 o 09:01 Tomas Straupis <tomasstraupis at gmail.com> napisał(a):

> OSM-Carto is a map style for MAPPERS, not for CONSUMERS (should not be
> used as a background in general public maps).
>
> Maybe if maintainers would push map to mappers/technical direction more
> and completely retract from consumers needs - say make incorrectly tagged
> features very visible (something similar to error layer we had years ago),
> maybe making some important technical aspects very visible, this would:
>
> * encourage creating OWN styles as per individual requirements - this
> would end pointless debate which features have to be rendered, this would
> also end pointless discussion that OSM-Carto is bad from cartographic
> perspective - because it would be stated (and visible) directly that it is
> NOT the point of OSM-Carto (bad naming of style).
>
> * discourage usage of OSMF funded servers for general apps - reduce burden
> on budget, infrastructure and admins.
>
> * MAYBE: this would encourage creation of a new cartographic style, which
> being not oriented for mappers could be refreshed less often (say weekly or
> monthly) therefore would afford doing preparations inevitable for
> cartographic maps.
>
> Win-win-win!
>
> P.S. Remember, "OSM is a DATABASE, not a MAP" ;-)
>
> --
> Tomas
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