> First of all, one would have to define the exact difference between "OSM is > providing maps" and "another project is providing maps". Why exactly would > OSM have to provide maps;
Perhaps because that's the original, and stated purpose of the project – to make open maps. As I've said many times – a database of map data is a *really* useful thing, it's probably the single most important contribution OSM can make, but ultimately, the *point* of the project is to make maps. Pretty much everything you say is based on the premise that the point of the project is to make an enormous collection of map data, and damn actually being able to use it. This premise is false. Tom Davie _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
