I understand your reasoning, but there are some flaws in the logic. On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 6:23 AM, James Mast <rickmastfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 1. I don't have access to the Canvec data that includes the road names.
If one person has access to the data, everyone does. If the data were not available, no one could import it. You might just not know where to look. > 2. I didn't know if somebody was planning an import in that area. This is reasonable, but then how long have you been waiting for someone to do something? When we all wait for someone else to do something, we can wait a long time. > 3. I tend to stay out of areas that I'm not really failure with in Ontario > as I've never been that far North in Ontario (Canada Wonderland is about as > far as I've ever gone). Yes, it helps to be familiar with areas that you are importing, however we don't have enough OSM mappers in Canada to be able to have the luxury of having people familiar with each area importing those areas. > So, in other words, I wanted to leave it to somebody that knows the Canvec > data better as I've never done an import. And still you have never done an import, so you're safe. The next place you would like to see added to OSM, you can use the same reasoning. I'm not trying to pick on you specifically, but rather just point out flaws in the rationale behind NOT being a participating member in the OSM community. Only your second point is reasonable... making sure you are coordinated with the rest of the community is a good thing. We probably have an awful lot of people sitting on their hands saying "I don't have access to the data", and "Someone else will import it", and finally "I've never done it before". That's the wrong attitude to have on a crowd-sourced project like OSM. Get in there, learn where to get the data (BTW, OSM is not sole sourced from CanVec), learn how to edit the map, and help everyone gain access to a better map! I know I hear a lot of people complain about the quality of OSM maps in other projects that use OSM maps, and I go through the same "lecture" with them. If you don't like what you see on the map, get in there and get your hands dirty. -- James VE6SRV And yes, I've been sitting on my hands for a long time as well, so I'm as guilty as you. _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
