22. Oct 2018 15:51 by yuriastrak...@gmail.com <mailto:yuriastrak...@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 8:22 AM Mateusz Konieczny <> matkoni...@tutanota.com > <mailto:matkoni...@tutanota.com>> > wrote: > >> >>> I think a country relation should describe how the specific country think >>> of its borders. So if two countries claim the same territory, those two >>> relations will overlap. >> >> That is absurd and conflict with OSM rule to map what exists. >> >> > On the contrary, it actually matches OSM rules better than deciding yourself. > When drawing a city outline, you go to that city's government, and get the > geoshape from them. > By extension, if you draw a country, you should use that country's > definition. I strongly disagree, we map reality. When I map a business I map what exists there, not what the owner claims to be existing. When I map road I map what exists not what is supposed to exist there according to official sources. When I map the border of a country I map line of control, not an official claim of the country. Maybe "officially claimed border of country" is also mappable but it would not be marked as a border. > By extension, if you draw a country, you should use that country's > definition. I also disagree as for when it comes to making maps. I see no reason why I should be obligated by official claims by specific country. I may follow them in some cases but it is often undesirable or harmful. > If two country's definitions happen to overlap, we ought to document both. I am not sure whatever we should map border claims. >>> So when I generate a map for Russia, I have to show Crimea as part of >>> Russia. For Ukraine - as part of Ukraine. Same for China and India and ... >> >> There are also other sources of data. For example to show proper terrain >> shape or to show ratings of restaurants and for many others use cases OSM is >> not sufficient. >> > The argument "it doesn't work for X, therefor we shouldn't make it work for > Y" is puzzling. No, I was just reminding that OSM is not for all and every geographical data. I am not sure whatever border claims are one of these cases.
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