> When it launched in the mid-2000s, most spatial information was owned by governments, and was difficult or impossible to access.
It bothers me that this sentence is used as if the facts behind it are a logical arrangement of consequences. The fact that people are prevented from accessing data that they funded, and by all rights own, is an absurdity.
I appreciate that OSM exists, but in a perfect world, it shouldn't have to.
It bothers me that this sentence is used as if the facts behind it are a logical arrangement of consequences. The fact that people are prevented from accessing data that they funded, and by all rights own, is an absurdity.
I appreciate that OSM exists, but in a perfect world, it shouldn't have to.