Hi, On 05/07/2015 06:35 AM, Ineiev wrote: >> "There multiple collaborative mapping services. Each of them is a direct >> rival to OpenStreetMap in terms of competing for contributors and map >> editing contributions. OpenStreetMap is better than any other competitor >> for one simple and very fundamental reason" >> This is not necessarily true. For example, a project may capture data that >> OSM is not interested in, and therefore it is not a direct rival. > > Again, it _may_; are there any counterexamples?
There are quite a few collaborative mapping projects where people map where they encounter which species of plants or animals in the wild. (For example, a recent discussion on the German OSM forum was about a software called MykIS used by hobby mycologists.) They do a form of mapping, but they're certainly not a competitor. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
