I agree about the importance of being able to find a location via its postal address. One of the most frequent reasons for looking up a location on an online map is so you can find out where on a long street a particular address is located. This is one of the chief advantages that an online map has over a paper map.
-- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria -----Original Message----- From: "Oliver \(skobbler\)" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:22:01 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [Candidacy] AGM Foundation 2010 - Girona >>>I thought one of the goals was to have OSM used more widely? >> >> This is the right type of question but you need to create an even more >> basic >> understanding: I haven't seen a common understanding of the definition of >> OSM's success. Where did you find the goal of a wider use? Wider use by > >I didn't find it anywhere, but what's the point in having the best >maps in the world if no one uses them? If this is the case then I think it would be very important to push address referencing (more important than discussing a license change) as it is the natural confidence test: Can I find my home address on the map? So far, it is one of the weakest points as you normally don't find an address if you look for it by using a postal code or your house number. It works in a few large cities but that's it. If you can only zoom in to a specific place then you will use Google Maps the next time you are looking for specific address... And that is my whole point: I think it is much more important to distill the strategic goals out of the community's mind and then focus the efforts on a few selective initiates rather than having hundreds of parallel projects. Some people might want to achieve a wider use for humanitarian projects. Then address referencing won't help and a license change won't change either. There needs to be common understanding of the vision where OSM is seen in five years from now. Regards, Oliver -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/Candidacy-AGM-Foundation-2010-Girona-tp5244442p5252794.html Sent from the General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
