On Jan 6, 2008 12:49 AM, 80n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's some anecdotal evidence that seeding an area with some data > encourages local contributors. If this is actually true then loading vmap0 > would be a good thing. > > A newbie faced with a blank continent would find it quite intimidating to > get started. If they see some data, especially data that they can relate > to, then it gives them a clue about how to proceed. > > IMHO low quality data is always preferable to no data. In the early days a > lot of the UK motorway network was mapped from landsat imagery. Since then > it has been refined many, many times. I'm sure every mile of it is now very > accurately drawn based on multiple tracklogs. Stepwise refinement is valid > and proven way of achieving our goals. > > I think it would be a good thing to load vmap0 data for any area where there > is currently no data at all. > > 80n
I'll wholeheartedly concur here. I looked at openstreetmap early in 2007 and concluded it wasn't quite ready for primetime, because there was almost no mapping done in the US. I came back a few months later and noticed the TIGER data being added and decided it was worth my time after all. If you can get even the major road networks done, it's a key starting point that can draw people in. Karl _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
