Exactly my point. We want participation, at least that is my take on the gist of the OSM mission. The more passive users we can turn into active contributors, the better. The flagging/note system discussed here can play a key role in achieving this.
As is being shown, implementation of the front end is not even the difficult part. It is the back end and logisitics that is the main concern. What happens to all these flags being put on the map by anonymous users? One possibility would be to have active and savvy OSM contributers assume 'responsibility' for one or more areas of their choosing (presumably areas they are familiar with IRL) and be npotified when a note / flag is set in that area. It's not a complete solution, but it might help answer the question of what to do with all this extra input being generated by a note system. -- martijn van exel -+- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+- http://www.schaaltreinen.nl/ Op 28 jan 2008, om 16:22 heeft Lambertus het volgende geschreven: > You have to think outside the OSM box here. This proposal will make it > extremely easy for non-OSM'ers (non-mappers that is) to signal: "Look, > there's something wrong". They maybe able to provide the solution, > maybe > not. > > The point is: there is no need to understand mapping, tags, editors > etc. > Just point, click and type what's wrong. Dead-easy and intuitive for > everyone. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
