That does come across as a little arrogant, Jochen. The mappers and the data consumers need each other; neither can flourish without the other. A symbiotic model would be more accurate. As you say, we shouldn't change things willy-nilly, but to say bluntly "it's your problem" to all data consumers and to express such a dismissive attitude towards their feedback is misrepresenting the relationship somewhat.
Colin On 2013-11-09 18:25, Jochen Topf wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 03:25:35PM +0000, Rob Nickerson wrote: > >> A few days ago there was a thread about the pros/cons of moving admin >> boundaries to a new database. I'm not going to give my opinion on this as >> the thread has now fizzled out, but I will suggest that decisions like this >> should involve as many of our end data users as possible (we have moved >> beyond a small isolated project). One such user is mySoicety. Check out the >> video of their MapIt Global talk at http://lanyrd.com/2013/sotm/scpkhg/ [1] >> to see how they use boundaries from OSM. Perhaps some way of tracking our >> data consumers would be useful. Or maybe we need a way for them to say which >> tags they are interested in so that they can receive mail just about these. > > That's the wrong way around. If you are using OSM data it is your job to keep > abreast of developments in OSM. A volunteer project like OSM can't keep track > of all their "customers" the way a commercial company might. That's not to > say that we should change things willy-nilly, we should announce changes > beforehand etc. But we do that on our mailing lists etc. And yes, that puts > a lot of burden on the users of OSM data, but they get it for free, so there. > (Of course there are companies who will do this job for you, ie follow OSM > development while maintaining stable data formats etc. to their customers.) > > Jochen Links: ------ [1] http://lanyrd.com/2013/sotm/scpkhg/
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