Brian May <[email protected]> writes: > On 7/23/2016 2:02 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 07/23/2016 02:36 AM, Levente Juhász wrote: >>> We are hoping that this import >>> task will be the kick start of a growing OSM community in South Florida. >> Can you explain some more how you think that an import run by a script >> will kick start a growing OSM community? I'm curious about the >> mechanisms that you see at work there. >> >> Bye >> Frederik >> > Frederik, > > Please give people a bit of a break on this issue. Every time someone > says it, you question their logic. And then sometimes it gets debated > a bit. The outcome is always the same - no one knows for sure how much > imports help grow a community. The consensus on imports is usually if > the import improves the map and makes it more useful to many people, > then its a good thing. Building imports are almost always judged a > very good thing, if they are planned and executed well.
Agreed; I was going to ask Frederik to explain how he knew that it would be harmful, which is just as legitimate a question. As a datapoint, in the Mass buildings import case, the process of the import and reaching out to active mappers and asking them to help was very helpful in terms of having active mappers help each other.
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