GregZorz

What would you say to someone responding that your use of multiple accounts waters down ability to check authenticity/reliability of edits? I.e. a script might see an edit, and based on the account's lifespan/geography-span and other edits, it would then try to evaluate a level of trust.

It's easy to say Steve's loud focus/demand for OSM is due to his current work place. However Steve is wise and keeps a general eye on international tech world. Addressing clearly is one thing that will make many companies & organisations sit up & be more likely to use OSM.

The thought of other countries is interesting. In Ireland, perhaps OSM & it's community could have had more impact on the introduction of postcodes if we had addressing. In the UK, I don't think addressing is needed as much but seeing the push elsewhere is motivating me to addd them. My city has all the roads, footpaths & amenities mapped, addressing is at times a wonderful new data layer to add & I'm spotting things that were missed by resurveying it all again.

This is why I like it when Flickr users allow others to add tags (including machine tags) to their photos. The Flickr API + OSM data/APIs has allowed me to create a few fun mashups.

Another question/answer was about regrets & data structures. I'm surprised you didn't include it would be good if users could note their choice of license either on sign up or per changeset. Would you have liked that?

Although in the first few months GPS trace upload form had a license option, and for a spatial dataset a mix of licenses would be very complex & limit the coverage made.

Forget mental regrets... looking back 10 years, is there a physical item(s), or data from a specific trip, you wish you you kept/saved/rescued?