On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:51 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sorry, but accuracy is important to some of us, and using > commercial data is inaccurate, visiting is one way to get correct > information, as is contacting the council responsible for the roads.
Absolutely, but consider these scenarios: 1) map by survey only, slow progress and for several years: excellent accuracy in dense urban areas and near to blank in other areas 2) map by survey & alternate legal methods, extremely fast progress right now, with fairly good accuracy widespread, and for several years: correct the errors It isn't *entirely* clear that 1) is better than 2). E.g. hypothetically, the immediate wider (albeit arguably less accurate) coverage resulting from 2) may lead to increased popularity and an influx of new mappers, making it faster overall to correct the errors. Therefore it's worth at least briefly considering alternate legal methods, which is all that Steve is suggesting. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
