In the project OpenStreetMap there is a serious decline, the dissolution is inevitable
Today, the OSM Foundation announced the imminent dissolution of the project due to a strong decline in the number of users, little understanding and lack of sufficient map data and the community to support the project. The fact that crowds of users abandon OpenStreetMap in favor of Google Map Maker and the majority of formally supportive commercial projects now use ClosedStreetMap means that there are not enough donations to support servers or the necessary number of GPS devices on hand.
Mikel Maron , OSMF board member, said today “We had no idea that the project was in such poor condition until it was discovered that one of our energetic users, RichardF, actually pays hundreds of people in Mechanical Turk to enter reasonably looking data. We thought that he liked to live on a boat only to lower his expenses and so that he could continue to pay the Turks for mapping. ”
MapQuest announced the closure of its well-known "open" project and in response renamed it the project "MapQuest Closed". Ent Pegg said in an e-mail message: “We planned to spend more than 2 years on a project that was useless, it took us 1 year, I hope the next failure will take only 6 months.” In addition, MQ closes a variety of open spaces, including open.mapquest.co.uk, and this is known to replace them with a new "closed" brand, starting with the Cook Islands: closed.mapquest.co.ck.
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The jubilant team ReallyOpenStreetMap used the loss to their advantage and took new users to their ranks. An audacious member of the legal-talk list known as “13gal 3ag13” stated “HAHA WE WON !!! NOW i CAN DeBATE TEH LICENSE OF FREEDZOMG ”and asked all those who leave OSM and joins ROSM to refuse mapping and discuss the correct placement of commas in legal documents.
Steve Coast, the founder of OSM, changes his place at Microsoft and begins working on printer drivers for the upcoming Windows 8.
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Mikel Maron , OSMF board member, said today “We had no idea that the project was in such poor condition until it was discovered that one of our energetic users, RichardF, actually pays hundreds of people in Mechanical Turk to enter reasonably looking data. We thought that he liked to live on a boat only to lower his expenses and so that he could continue to pay the Turks for mapping. ”
MapQuest announced the closure of its well-known "open" project and in response renamed it the project "MapQuest Closed". Ent Pegg said in an e-mail message: “We planned to spend more than 2 years on a project that was useless, it took us 1 year, I hope the next failure will take only 6 months.” In addition, MQ closes a variety of open spaces, including open.mapquest.co.uk, and this is known to replace them with a new "closed" brand, starting with the Cook Islands: closed.mapquest.co.ck.
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The jubilant team ReallyOpenStreetMap used the loss to their advantage and took new users to their ranks. An audacious member of the legal-talk list known as “13gal 3ag13” stated “HAHA WE WON !!! NOW i CAN DeBATE TEH LICENSE OF FREEDZOMG ”and asked all those who leave OSM and joins ROSM to refuse mapping and discuss the correct placement of commas in legal documents.
Steve Coast, the founder of OSM, changes his place at Microsoft and begins working on printer drivers for the upcoming Windows 8.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/116608/
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