I'm not sure I agree. I'm still a newbie in OSM terms, but almost from day 1 I was aware of the Noname layer, and several of my mapping forays have been designed solely to gather missing street-names. In fact, filling in the street-names of an area that's already been mapped strikes me as an ideal project for a newcomer- especially if they haven't actually got a GPS.
Personally, I would have thought that a bigger issue (than street-names) is gathering POIs. I can see that, where the street layout is already mapped, people are much less likely to be up for slogging around gathering way-points for schools, churches, pubs, etc. Steve -------------------------------------------------- From: "John McKerrell" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 9:35 AM To: "Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView Tiles now available > > On 6 Apr 2010, at 23:07, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: > >> >> 3. If you're tempted to map in an area you're not familiar with, contact >> any >> local contributors first. Please don't alienate other contributors by >> treading on their toes. They will know their local area better than >> anyone >> else. > > I've never actually seen this put in writing but it's a great thing to > mention. It's annoyed me when people have done this with Yahoo! imagery > very close to areas I've worked, I assume those people are now going to > fill in all the road names from OS, and then the data will be 100% > complete, right? Of course not, but no-one will know.</rant> > > John > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
