We need to encourage local mapping, but large-scale disasters create a need
for immediate maps, which, in some cases, means outside help is needed.
--
John F. Eldredge -- [email protected]
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
On June 14, 2015 13:35:09 Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote:
> What about in the situations where locals would like to make their own
> map but this is not financially feasible? If we are creating truly a free
> map of the entire world it is important to figure out how not to just make
> a map of the privileged. Should lack of access to internet and technology
> be a reason someone can't contribute to this map?
>
So what about supporting efforts like "one laptop per child", to seed
technology that would never be
developed locally. And with those tools, see what people create.
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