On 3 June 2015 at 01:37, Tom MacWright <t...@macwright.org> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Please propose an alternative. >
I see an awful lot of good in OSM and I think it's a great project. I've had it agreed with another about it being such a mess - but the fact it's such a worthwhile project it's worth battling on with it - even if, sadly, others have succumbed to the nightmares around every corner. An alternative would be wrong, it is this that needs fixing and it needs a lot of 'tricky' effort to see the good from the not so good. It's like one team at both ends of a thick 'tug of war' rope, not really sure which way to pull for the best whilst each has in their hand only a mere strand to that rope. I think everything is overwhelmed yet the whole thing is clearly in its infancy - with diseases, viruses and god-knows what being thrown at it at all times from all angles. The freedom to make up any tags is brilliant while likely being one of the biggest problems - that not simply throws simple problems but really complex multi-dimensional ones with 'language' issues for one thing, the fact OSM is secretly 2 maps (at least!!) in one where in the main the two are compatible and other places where clearly they're not. Computers frequently come up with an answer. OSM rarely does; likely many answers or none at all. Digital, analogue, fuzzy logic all put into a blender and whizzed for a few seconds - and each time this is tried a different result is found. Consistently inconsistent. I think in the end it will work - but the effort required to get there will be far greater than the sum of its parts. Take one aspect - quality - there's the whole gamut from true to false - anyone can't assume anything about OSM data - and if different people around the world wrote a report on it, none of the resulting reports would agree ! I can't produce some magic answer without some agreement :) -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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