On Mar 9, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Matthew Toups wrote: > If we can't change the data, what's the point of having it in OSM?
Having consistent metadata and a consistent single-source API. >>> On what bases would someone with no formal training, no legal deed >>> description, or survey map have to determine if a State boundary is >>> correct or incorrect. Simply holding a GPS receiver does not give >>> someone authority. > > This sounds like many arguments against wikipedia -- of *course* only > highly trained professionals should be allowed to edit an > encyclopedia! Note his title: Surveyors get VERY VERY grumpy whenever they hear that people with a GPS receiver are using it for positional recording. VERY grumpy. > We can't change what OSM is all about just because somebody else (who > happens to have some geodata we might want to import) doesn't like it! You're arguing that we shouldn't change OSM because we can change OSM?? -- Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson [email protected] - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
