Am 29.01.2011 14:34, schrieb Tobias Knerr:
M∡rtin Koppenhoefer:
2011/1/29 Ulf Lamping<[email protected]>:
image=URL
I see this as a case for an external database.
So do I. Choosing the "right" image for an object is very much a matter
of personal taste. Furthermore, a lot of controversial policy issues are
associated with that task: Does that image need to be under a free
license? What file formats are acceptable? Is it necessary that the
image can be displayed within the context of some other site/software,
rather than just viewed on a new browser tab? Do we deep-link to the
image (even if the publisher doesn't want deep-links)?
Do you really think that people won't come up with solutions to all
those "problems"?
Yes, there will be problems but none that can't be solved. If someone
comes up with a copyrighted photo in an esoteric file format that can
only be displayed with a strange browser plugin - someone else sooner or
later will replace the link with a free and open picture from Commons
(or alike).
Sorry, the whole reasoning sounds a bit strange to me - especially in
OSM. If OSM had started with the attitude to think about what possibly
may not work, we wouldn't have OSM at all :-)
Overall, image selection is an editorial task, and therefore not suited
for OSM.
In OSM, selecting the right tag for a (designated?) cycleway is an
editorial task and therefore not suited for OSM. Let's remove all
cycleways ... ;-)
Regards, ULFL
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