Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-29 Thread Jose M. Duarte
2009 2:29 AM > Aan: Adam Schreiber > CC: Jürgen Reimann; talk@openstreetmap.org > Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps > > > > 2009/1/29 Adam Schreiber > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:27 PM, D Tucny wrote: >> Of course, OSM isn't perfect... >> &

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-29 Thread Gert Gremmen
Verzonden: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:29 AM Aan: Adam Schreiber CC: Jürgen Reimann; talk@openstreetmap.org Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps 2009/1/29 Adam Schreiber On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:27 PM, D Tucny wrote: > Of course, OSM isn't perfect... > > http://sautter.co

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Maarten Deen
D Tucny wrote: > 2009/1/28 andrzej zaborowski >> Check out >> http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=14&lat=-5.06418&lon=-39.0461&layers=B000TFFF >> , this whole region on Google Maps is somebody's rich imagination and >> lots of creativity. Roads are > 20km off. > > That looks like vmap0 level of quality

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread D Tucny
2009/1/29 Adam Schreiber > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:27 PM, D Tucny wrote: > > Of course, OSM isn't perfect... > > > > > http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=11&lat=29.60689&lon=112.12921&layers=B000FTFF > > > > I'm pretty sure there's no grid of motorways there... :/ > > > > There might be a grid of ro

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:27 PM, D Tucny wrote: > Of course, OSM isn't perfect... > > http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=11&lat=29.60689&lon=112.12921&layers=B000FTFF > > I'm pretty sure there's no grid of motorways there... :/ > > There might be a grid of roads though, so seems like a new mapper > pote

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread D Tucny
2009/1/29 D Tucny > 2009/1/28 andrzej zaborowski > >> 2009/1/28 Jürgen Reimann : >> > Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I >> want >> > to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps appears. >> >> This might be a wrong list to ask about Google Maps.

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread D Tucny
2009/1/28 andrzej zaborowski > 2009/1/28 Jürgen Reimann : > > Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I > want > > to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps appears. > > This might be a wrong list to ask about Google Maps. > > > This map (like OSM) sh

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Nic Roets
"Never *attribute* to *malice* that which can be adequately explained by stupidity" Malice : Google wouldn't tarnish their brand by knowingly sell incorrect data. Stupidity : Looking at South Africa, they clearly used some AI type software to convert aerial imagery into vector data and it didn't

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Yann Coupin
Le 28 janv. 09 à 17:18, Jürgen Reimann a écrit : > That's really ridiculous - the same situation appeared while I was > mapping Sousse/Tunisia - the complete Google-information looked like: > Let's draw something that looks like some streets that meet in one > point > (hopefully the center of a

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Jürgen Reimann
eality. Strange! Regards, Jürgen. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: andrzej zaborowski [mailto:balr...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009 16:46 An: Jürgen Reimann Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Betreff: Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps 2009/1/28 Jürgen Reimann : > Hello, please don

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread andrzej zaborowski
2009/1/28 Jürgen Reimann : > Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I want > to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps appears. This might be a wrong list to ask about Google Maps. > This map (like OSM) should also be free of strange mistakes. Does a

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Shaun McDonald
It is perfectly normal for slight differences in the data, where the streets are off set. Shaun On 28 Jan 2009, at 14:15, Jürgen Reimann wrote: Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I want to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps appears. T

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 28 Jan 2009 7:45:11 pm Jürgen Reimann wrote: > Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I > want to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps > appears. may be an easter egg -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpl

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
: 28 January 2009 2:15 PM >To: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps > >Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I want >to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps appears. >This map (like OSM) shoul

Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Jürgen Reimann wrote: > Does anybody know, who (in person) is responsible for the > information provided by Google-Maps. A bloke called Ed. You can read his blog at http://fakeedparsons.blogspot.com/ . Thanks. Richard -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-in-Google-Maps

[OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps

2009-01-28 Thread Jürgen Reimann
Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I want to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps appears. This map (like OSM) should also be free of strange mistakes. Does anybody know, who (in person) is responsible for the information provided by Google-Maps.