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

[ndrw6]

On 01/06/2022 18:50, Dave F via talk wrote:
> On 01/06/2022 00:24, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think I've said that in one of those endless diary discussions - 
>> almost everyone who complains about something in openstreetmap-carto 
>> is just unhappy that they don't get their pet feature rendered.
> 
> My main problem* with OSM-carto is that acknowledged bugs can be 
> */only/* fixed "every few years" after a " full database reload".
> 
> This is one of the reasons why OSM-carto has struggled to get users to 
> contribute.

Fully agree.

There is also another artificial obstacle originating from the database 
- (semi) live rendering. Things would be a lot easier if we could drop 
this requirement and import the database from daily snapshots. This 
database should be heavily optimized for rendering anyway, with 
non-rendered features removed, more aggressive pre-processing etc.

To the user, a one day old map would be perfectly adequate - all 
commercial alternatives are far worse than that and it doesn't seem to 
hinder them much.

Of course I am not advocating removing the live version but it could be 
limited to logged in users only and focused more on mapping feedback.

-ndrw