2010/5/2 Niklas Cholmkvist <[email protected]>: > I added an Introduction at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_FLOSS . I didn't put very
The most important reason (for me at least) to write OSM related FLOSS, is increase the rate at which tags are standardized. For example, if contributors find that their favorite router generates bad routes, they look for bugs in the underlying data. If it generates good routes, they'll move on. If that router happens to be proprietary it will mean that some of the data is, in effect locked up in a proprietary standard. If the source is published, then the OSM community can at least look at the what variables influences the router and aim for compatibility. And if you think that contributors only look at the wiki, look at this discussion: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Gosmore#Illegal_Routing Regards, Nic _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
