On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> If parcel data is important to disaster response, I would expect the >> responder to go get the most up to date data from the source, not use stale >> data that was imported into OSM (potentially) some years ago > > Doesn't Haiti and Fukushima render this argument irrelevant?
How would having parcel boundaries in OSM have helped in Haiti? The value of OSM in the Haiti response was that it contained NEW and UPDATED data from fresh sources and that the update cycle from getting new raw data, digitizing it and publishing it for consumers is immediate. Toby _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
