On Dec 17, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Steve Coast wrote: > On Dec 17, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Michal Migurski <m...@teczno.com> wrote: > >> Information density: maybe a different grid for lower zoom levels, e.g. 5km, >> 10km, etc.? It would have the opposite effect of what's there now I think, >> which is "look at all that green!" > > I prefer modulating by population, since a sea of green in Wyoming (with > apologies to those in Wyoming) really doesn't matter since nobody lives > there. The question is, where is the population / edits ration low, not the > absolute edits numbers. > > Maybe ask people from CloudMade what they did 3 years ago. > > Also, I wouldn't ask the question(s) in a vacuum. I suspect, but cannot > confirm, that if you did a similar analysis of NT or TA data in the US you'd > see exactly the same thing; a natural economic bias in the metrics to mapping > places with high population density.
I suspect the same, it makes sense given driving patterns and economic demand. -mike. ---------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
