Op 02-07-10 18:28, Richard Weait schreef:
It may end up on the main page. It depends. Some say OSM "needs"
routing on the front page to be "taken seriously". Others say putting
user services like routing on the front page commits too many OSM
resources to users, rather than contributors. In between, we've seen
that each time another user-facing service appears for OSM,
contributors make the data better so that it can take advantage of
those services. Rendering, specialty rendering, sibling-site routing,
and error-checking sites are all examples of new services improving
OSM data through feedback.
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I think you're right Richard, I really do get a lot of comments from
people who use yournavigation.org (and I guess the other routing
providers as well) to debug the road network. Routing can also show how
mature our data is.
But I think your resources argument should be taken seriously, afterall
mapping should always be the priority. However, if Gosmore scales good
enough then routing would bring a real attribution to the main page.
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