Ari Jolma writes: > Lars Aronsson kirjoitti: > > Tom Longson (nym) wrote: > >> http://news.digitaltrends.com/featured_article60.html > > Why is the U.S. so full of amateurs? How can you build a road > > (for taxpayers' money, I presume) and then forget where it was, so > > you must go out and survey its position? > > The Finnish road authorities used pretty much a similar setup - driving > around and mapping roads - to develop the new Finnish road database. The > problem is that, although the information is out there, it is easier to > map this way. And while they had roads more or less, it was all the > other information: bus stops, nr of lanes, traffic signs etc. etc. they > needed to map. > > They are trying to organize the updating through organizations though. > > Probably there are also private companies driving around and collecting > more or less the same data. > > Could you tell us how these things are organized in Sweden?
In Ireland, NavTeq have recently done exactly the same thing: http://www.spatialireland.com/archives/20060327-navteq-maps-all-irish-public-roads/ http://www.motoringlife.ie/news_navtech0306.htm http://pocketgpsworld.com/navteq2.php I get the impression the Irish mapping agency, Ordnance Survey Ireland, don't have this data, since NavTeq felt the need to build their own, building from basic OSI town/city data -- although I may be wrong there. --j. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
