On 25/07/2020 17:21, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
On 25/07/2020 07.06, Andy Townsend wrote:
Why do people in OSM map anything? I can't see any reason why I'd
want to add urban buildings, or comprehensive address data, or a
whole bunch of other things that people think are _really important_.
How are addresses _not_ important? If I'm trying to find 123 Cherry
Lane, I really, really appreciate if that entity actually exists in OSM.
What I was trying to say was that different people perceive different
things in OSM as being "important" - there's no universal list. That's
why for that example I deliberately chose two types of data that I know
people spend lots of time adding (even if I don't, much), and OSM is
much the richer for all that added data.
For me, it's probably power lines that seem useless, but someone else
probably has a use case where having those mapped is really helpful.
(Maybe someone planning to buy a house wants to know, without having
to drive there, if there are high-voltage power lines nearby?)
Well like many walkers I use those for navigation :)
Best Regards,
Andy
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