Am 26.07.2012 06:28, schrieb Robin Paulson: > On 26 July 2012 08:17, Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> wrote: >> Imports are by their intrinsic nature never urgent (it is not as if the >> 3rd party data is going to vanish if you don't import it today). I would >> strongly suggest doing something more useful, like helping with >> remapping Australia or Poland, than wasting time on something that can >> easily wait. > i don't think it's wasting time. if it improves the map, it's useful.
I believe we may have significant different definitions of "improves" and "useful". > > also, this is a (mostly unspoken) principle which free/open projects work > upon: > "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" > (Louis Blanc, 1839) Unluckily you can import immense masses of junk (see "improve" and "useful" above) completely independently of personal ability. Simon (who has absolutely no problem with beginners and less skilled contributors -mapping-) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
