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by detaro 3978 days ago
Biggest problem with OSM is that quality is varying wildly. Awesome in many cities, but then in rural areas it can be missing half a town. And large differences between countries.

A lot of money could possibly help to get good base maps into it (by paying enough that their producers accept OSM licensing), which could help that situation...
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matt4077 3978 days ago
Or, alternatively, getting more people to help with the data. I once did help a bit when I took a bike ride through Albania and for some reason I still get warm fuzzy feelings when I think back to those "mapmaking days". For some reason it feels more meaningful than my wikipedia contributions.

Unfortunately, I live in the center of The Left Wing of the Internet^tm (Berlin) and every anthill is already mapped around here.

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rmc 3978 days ago
> A lot of money could possibly help to get good base maps into it (by paying enough that their producers accept OSM licensing), which could help that situation...

Possibily. But a mass import is often not a good idea. You need mappers to map (possibly from the base map).

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