On 5 July 2010 04:57, Oliver (skobbler) <osm.oliver.ku...@gmx.de> wrote: > My personal opinion is that the strengths of OpenStreetMap lies in the large > decentral knowledge. And I think it would make more sense to steer some of > this local power in a certain direction. I consider it a waste of resource > if people map trees unless attributes with a wider use have been captured in > this region. I am pretty sure that some of these people who map trees would > be happy giving a hint what is important for the OpenStreetMap community and > map other elements instead. And until nobody tells them what is important > for the OpenStreetMap community they map what they think is right.
The problem here is people are better off doing what they find interesting, if they are forced, or feel forced to go in a certain direction they may tire or become bored and loose interest entirely in OSM. If you want people to do something they're not interested in doing you will have to come up with greater incentives for them, but just telling them they should do it for the greater good isn't it. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
