James Ewen wrote ... > I consider myself an ordinary user, and I play with Merkaartor. It's > unfortunate that you only consider yourself an end consumer of the > product, rather than becoming a part of the community, and > contributing to the database. The OSM project is not just a map > database to be consumed, it is a community based mapping initiative > that needs the input from people like both you and me. We add > information and detail to the map database, and create a better map > for everyone. >
First, thank you for having taking time to answer ... Your answer, in fact, confirms my thoughts. About a month ago, I have started adding cycling information for my area. I also have added all the streets of my hometown (blank area in OSM). I have read and succesfully, I think, import Canvec data and took time to enter all the street names. I have installed JOSM. I would like to contribute more to the project but I don't have a lot of time to invest. What's in it for me after all? What for? Is the final reward justify the investment in time? Not sure for me. PS: I have absolutly no commercial view regarding the data from OSM, be reassured. I haven't look at Merkaartor. I will before I conclude on that. But I don't like to install program on my computer when other options exist on the internet. > This is where, I think, a filtering option on openstreetmap.org would be > > usefull for ordinary people like me. > > That's not going to happen. I think you have the wrong idea of the > concept behind OpenStreetMap. OSM does not provide maps. OSM is a > database of mapping information. The slippy map seen on the OSM page > is just one single rendering or representation of some of the data found > in the OSM database. It is a static presentation only. > Too bad! Daniel
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