On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... I view all this Google activity not with the same > skepticism that others seem to have. I think someone who is mapping for > Google is still better than someone who is not mapping at all!
That's not skepticism, but it's a good point :) > It takes > enormous resources to (where reqired) > > - explain to people what maps are ;-) > - make them understand that maps are not god-given or a government thing but > you can (help) make them yourself > - train people to look out for the things that are important for map making > > A population that has these skills and this knowledge is a much more fertile > environment for OSM to flourish in - even if that initial awareness has come > from Google. But what if that population then consists entirely of Map Maker users? Is that really beneficial for OSM? I know what you're saying, but it is reasonable to expect Map Maker users to jump ship to OSM? Is that even what we should be hoping for? _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
