On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> But if I was going to be doing ground surveys, there are lots of places >>> I'd rather visit than these new outer suburban housing developments. >>> >> >> Why aren't you mapping those places instead? >> > > Not sure I understand the question. But to clarify: the places I'm > interested in surveying are either country towns, national/state parks, or > places in my city that are good for bike riding. But out of a sense of duty, > I also spend time tracing roads in outer suburban housing developments off > Nearmap - I just don't have any desire to go and visit them, least of all to > spend hours writing down street names, when there are much better places to > get the information from. My time being finite, I'll spend my survey time in > places of maximum utility/interest to me. > I think we're all better off if people would not map out of a sense of duty. Stick to the places that you're interested in, and not only will you get the most benefit, but we'll get the best maps.
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