On Feb 20, 2011, at 3:58 PM, David Murn wrote: > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 15:35 -0800, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >> >> I find tracing endless residential subdivisions from aerials to be a chore >> and no fun. > > I know many who disagree, fortunately. Last year I was laid up in bed > for around 3 months after surgery, just after hi-res aerial imagery > became available for my area. I spent many many hours tracing unmapped > areas, or even tracing paths and other data of value. > > Some people like to get out on-the-ground and map, but from my own > experience, if you want to contribute to the project you'll do it > however you can, whether that is tracing, walking tracks or driving > around streets.
Well, if you can furnish me with an army of bed ridden mappers to trace all the highways in the United States I'd concede the point. But I don't think there are nearly enough people of your mindset to get the job done, and not having an OSM that's usable as a street map detracts from my enjoyment of mapping as much as having an imported road network detracts from yours. -Daniel _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
