Graham Stewart wrote:
This is no doubt true.
But surely having an area that has been *surveyed* to 100% road name
completion is just as likely to put off any new contributors as one that
was *traced* to 100%?
(i.e. "not very" in my opinion)
I don't think so. Again, the difference is that you're reaching 100%
with the involvement of numerous people, rather than 100% with the
involvement of one importer. And when you have that vibrant community,
it's self-sustaining. People leave and people come. OSM at national
level is a good example of this.
Also I think we're looking at this from two different perspectives. If
you're near Birmingham where you have a nearly one million residents who
might join in on a local community. "Doing it the hard way" to build a
community spirit might work there.
I'm in a rural Northumberland with a local population of 3000.
Yet I'm nowhere near Birmingham. I'm in the rural Cotswolds with a local
population of 3000. I used to live in rural Rutland with a local
population of 150. Both areas are mapped, excellently, by survey - and
largely not by me either!
> Many of the back roads have hardly any traffic and I've barely seen a
> handful of edits in my local area since I joined OSM a year ago.
Great shame. So - recruit some more mappers. Write better tools to help
the people who show up nearby on your user page, yet who haven't edited yet.
cheers
Richard
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