On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM, MP <singular...@gmail.com> wrote: > > But what if that population then consists entirely of Map Maker users? > > Is that really beneficial for OSM? I know what you're saying, but it > > is reasonable to expect Map Maker users to jump ship to OSM? Is that > > even what we should be hoping for? > > If just one of them discovers OSM somehow, finds out it is better > (they can have the map data back, unlike mapmaker where they can > 'only' view results on google, plus more types of data are supported - > footways, various POIs ....), then he may tell others about it and > then maybe entire such mapmaker community will gradually come to OSM. > :) > > And even if they don't, hey, the locals end up with maps they can use, where before they had none. This is a good thing.
Steve
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