---- On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:17:06 -0800 Bryce Nesbitt 
<[email protected]> wrote ---- 


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Janko Mihelić <[email protected]> wrote:
 Hi,

Openstreetmap has been contributing to the Bitcoin revolution with this map:
 http://coinmap.org/

the problem is that lots of online businesses want to get on the map, and I 
don't know what tags to suggest. Should we invent something like office=online? 
Then it could be further specified with online:shop=clothes, 
online=pizza_delivery, or something like that.
 


The experience at dmoz, the human edited directory, is akin to fighting the 
advance of a sand dune with a bucket.
Eventually the dmoz editors developed a fortress mentality, actively trying to 
fend off the hordes of spammers, scammers, sploggers, and the occasional 
legitimate business owner.
 


The "open" in "open streetmap" will become a liability, under the clutter of 
unverifiable submissions from business
that have no physical reality that is either relevant or verifiable.
 

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Perhaps all online businesses can all be put on a island in the Antarctic.





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A business that a second mapper can't verify exists (with a sign or mailbox 
entry) I strongly feel must be excluded.
 


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We are NOT mapping online-only activity. Attempting to place things like this 
on map is pointless and should be reverted as fast as possible to keep this 
from spreading.

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