OSM relies on the contributions of many people, most of them are not
going to spend much time learn stuff - particular complicated stuff that
they don't see in their day to day life.
The complexity of things like the values of 'opening hours' mean it does
not get used by many.
OSM should try to make things as simple and easy as possible for the
contribution of data.
The more data OSM has the more attractive it is to data consumers.
If the consumer wants to filter OSM data into compliance with some
standard they can.
On 21/02/19 09:33, Colin Smale wrote:
OSM is the underlying data, not any particular rendering thereof. The
general public are therefore not our target audience; that is composed
of data consumers, including renderers of course.
AIUI the above represents how we react to complaints about the
"standard rendering" on the website. Why should that not be true here?
On 20 February 2019 23:22:56 CET, Paul Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 at 22:12, Graeme Fitzpatrick
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Is OSM supposed to be for a tight, dedicated group of expert
mappers trying to create the best, most accurate,
technically-perfect map the World has ever seen; or is it for
the use of John Doe & Jane Public using OSMAND & Maps Me on
their mobile phones to find their way from Point A to Point B,
or round a strange town?
I would argue that if we keep it amongst a tight, dedicated group
with no thought about
producing something of benefit for ordinary consumers then it will
stay that way and it will
progress SLOWLY. If we try to produce something that ordinary
people can use then a small
fraction of them will see that the map is incomplete and join in.
There are positive feedback
effects that can come into play, if we don't actively suppress them.
Just my opinion. However, there is anecdotal evidence from one of
the people on this list
to support the idea that a useful map encourages more people to
aid the effort:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t5DxV7cXgQ
--
Paul
Thanks
Graeme
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