Re: [Debconf-discuss] Geocaching @ edi
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 01:36:18PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, phil@hands.com wrote:
>
> > If you're going to be wandering all over Edi with a gps, don't forget to
> > shove the data you record into openstreetmap.org -- it's missing qiote a
> > lot of the new town at present:
>
> I have only rough knowledge about openstreetmap.org and only hunted for
> two geocaches with a friend but isn't it contraproductive to record the
> huntings in openstreetmap.org. If openstreetmap.org tries to record ways
> that are walked frequently and geocaching is about hidden (i.e. not so
> frequently walked) pathes it on one hand blurs openstreetmap.org
> information and uncovers hidden things for geocaching.
I'm not sure about the second part - if openstreetmap data negatively
affects geocaching. I got the impression thought that any street data
is appreciated by the OSM people, regardless of how frequently it's
walked.
K
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