On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:57 AM, <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > Frederik said >> >> All this is possible *within* the existing OSM framework and without any >> strong leader telling us where to go. I really do encourage you and all >> those calling for leadership to get together, form your own advisory >> board or tagging committee or whatever, create the structures you think >> are required, and then offer them for voluntary use by the community. >> > > > This is likely to result in several insular communities. In particular I > am considering that au mappers would write a tight set of guidelines for > mapping and, as an example, we wouldn't have to worry about "residential > vs unclassified in rural areas" for any other country - we would define > our own strategy and stick to it. > If Au does that, and the Argentinians make their own set of preferences, > and other groups do the same, we will have a project with multiple forks. > I don't really want to split the project, but if it becomes the only way > to peace it will happen by itself.
I think we are quite capable of (voluntarily) collaboration across country borders without needing an authority figure to enforce it. Frederik's point is valid - if you want a tagging committee/working group/whatever, start one. If you want an international tagging committee, start one. If it's better than the current arrangement, mappers will flock to it. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
