Rydium's Comments
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My one problem with OpenStreetMap | @Evropi It would be better if the OSM developers were all independent volunteers, but as you state the majority of them are working for companies. However, we could try to work with the companies to come to agreements rather than throw them out of the cycle. I’m not saying any official partnerships (leave that to OSMF) but leaving them in the credits or even placing a “Supplied by Lorem Ipsum Inc.” note next to the directions window. @Tordanik Although the finance required to run the servers at such a large capacity would be quite high, it wouldn’t be a sudden jump to that number. In fact, I would assume that it would be a rather slow increase which donations could handle quite easily. In other words, as more people visit the site, more people are likely to donate, and the increase in donations should be in correlation with the increase in server costs, so we should be able to cope. @yvecai I know that the development team, and furthermore almost the entire OSMF, is composed of independent volunteers, but that surely doesn’t mean they can’t change the hierarchy to something a little more efficient. I was a member for more than a year, and I noticed that the communication between members was difficult, to say the least. This may be different within the working group, but that is most likely because the working groups are much smaller. I just think that the assignment of responsibility can be left to the members to keep them productive and happy, but the working groups must be assigned representatives which form part of a larger hierarchy. This way more work can be done, in a shorter time, and more ideas can be pitched and actually worked on, rather than being lost in the minutes. @CloCkWeRX I hadn’t actually seen GeoGit until now, but I love the concept - especially the ability to branch into sandboxed areas. In general, those ideas are what I think the community and the foundation should be focusing on. We are not limited to doing small changes; our community contains some extremely talented designers. We are not limited to the opportunity cost of working for mappers or companies; we are able to satisfy both. |