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 sa...@clemson.edu On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:27 PM, D Tucny d...@tucny.com wrote: Of course, OSM isn't perfect... http

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

2009-01-29 Thread Jose M. Duarte
@openstreetmap.org Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Error in Google-Maps 2009/1/29 Adam Schreiber sa...@clemson.edu On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:27 PM, D Tucny d...@tucny.com wrote: Of course, OSM isn't perfect... http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=11lat=29.60689lon=112.12921layers=B000FTFF I'm pretty sure

[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

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:

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

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.

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

2009-01-28 Thread Jürgen Reimann
! 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 juergen.reim...@gmx.de: Hello, please

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 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 D Tucny
2009/1/28 andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com 2009/1/28 Jürgen Reimann juergen.reim...@gmx.de: 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

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

2009-01-28 Thread D Tucny
2009/1/29 D Tucny d...@tucny.com 2009/1/28 andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com 2009/1/28 Jürgen Reimann juergen.reim...@gmx.de: 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