This article is on the front page of the Slashdot today:
Fri 16 February 2018 "Why OpenStreetMap is in Serious Trouble"
https://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2018/02/16/osm-is-in-trouble/
"The Future of Free and Open-Source Maps"
https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/02/16/2216228/the-future-of-free-and-open-source-maps
I actually read the article, and though it has got insightful
information and interesting ideas, I have doubts about some suggestions.
For instance, reviews. I hope it will not come to what there is at some
commercial maps, when one adds say a building and then has to wait for a
month that an almighty moderator approves it, so that it appears on the map.
I also skeptical of massive imports from governments' databases. These
databases were created in the last century, with outdated tools,
sometimes by disinterested underpaid clerks, probably in a climate of
secrecy of that era. And such an import may replace the quality data
from modern satellite imagery, GPS traces, surveys, etc.
Best regards,
O.
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