Ed Avis wrote:
Lastly, I don't believe that adding data from external sources discourages
contributors. Quite the opposite. It is a blank canvas that puts people off.
The way to bring in contributors is to show a map with a few missing details
that are so tempting to fix 'just one thing'...
Peter Miller wrote:
There is suggestion raised by a number of people, but refuted by others that
imports reduce the number of contributors.
It has been denied, not refuted. I think the closest there is to real data
on the effect is:
Ed Avis wrote:
I suggest, but cannot prove, that seeing an entirely blank canvas doesn't
entice you to start adding to the map, which must necessarily involve adding
small bits at a time.
Actually, seeing a blank canvas in my local area was exactly my motivation.
But everyone is different,
Hi,
At this week's Edinburgh meet-up we discussed the Council's public road name
list, and how to cross-reference it with OSM to check coverage/identify
missing roads.
Unfortunately the council data is only available as a set of tabular PDFs,
which is hard to do anything useful with, so I've
Hi,
Mappers in Birmingham might need to revisit some streets shortly:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7858853.stm
It does seem a bit back to front - we are constantly getting residents
asking for apostrophes to be put back in somehow turns into it being a good
idea to take
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