2010/9/28 John Smith <[email protected]>: > On 28 September 2010 21:03, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: >> The question I am asking myself is: Is the ability to import as much >> government data as possible really worth the hassle? And my personal answer >> is a clear no; because to me, the value of imported data is very small, >> almost neglibile compared to data contributed by members. > > How many more people have to express an opinion that differs to yours > before you will accept the fact that people do want the ability to > import data, not to mention the ability to keep existing work.
Most of the mappers I know are not fond of imports. You can mostly just import data that is already available elsewhere. Data that gets imported without a vivid community is doomed to get old and useless. People care much more for their "own" data then for imported data. Frederik is not alone with his statement, there is a big community behind him that sees this similar. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
