I've not followed this thread too closely, but arguably OSM is meant to be made not used. Nobody should use OSM on a daily basis; that's what MapQuest Open, MapBox et al are for.
Using OSM on a daily basis would be like trying to read a dictionary as your only book: all the words are there, but the story is rubbish. /Devil's Advocate On 20 Jul 2013 16:16, "Clifford Snow" <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com>wrote: > >> To date OSM is run by a group of mappers that caters to mappers. There is >> an unlikely but burning desire to somehow turn more ordinary muggles into >> mappers. It is as if the map was meant to be made, not used: >> and it's working. Of the people I talk to and show OpenStreetMap, the >> vast majority have never even heard of it, and that includes land >> management, GIS professionals, teachers and engineers all who could in >> theory be interested. >> >> What would drive more mapping would in fact be more passive users: some >> percentage will survive the test of fire on the tagging list and become >> mappers. OSM could offer high quality print exports, or >> one-click embeddable maps, or a dozen other compelling services. But >> someone would have to pay for all that bandwidth and user support, in order >> to glean a few more true believer mappers. >> > > I think you just created OSM new tag line, "OSM is meant to be made, not > used" > > Adding muggle useable features would certainly be a step in the > right direction. > > > -- > Clifford > > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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