Google have finally done it: they've switched from TeleAtlas to Google
map data in the UK.
Set your stopwatches for the first newspaper story about man drives off
cliff - '...but Google told me it was a road'!. Some of their choices
are, shall we say, a little heroic.
cheers
Richard
On 08/12/11 13:13, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
Set your stopwatches for the first newspaper story about man drives off
cliff - '...but Google told me it was a road'!. Some of their choices
are, shall we say, a little heroic.
Oh dear...
Some highlights in my area:
Yes indeed. Just looked at Fernhurst, W Sussex for instance. The place is
absolutely crawling with non-existent roads.
Seems anything tagged with highway=track in OSM would qualify as a road in
that...
Nick
-Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: -
To: talk-gb OSM List
Hello everyone,
2012 could be the year in which we complete, or almost complete, all the
rights of way in some English counties. One likely target is my local county -
Hampshire. OSM road coverage of many parts of the UK is virtually complete in
many areas, but footpaths are still lagging
Nick Whitelegg wrote:
(I'm also keen BTW to deal with a possible licencing issue here.
A long-standing contributor has mapped many footpaths in
Hampshire already but has not signed up to the CTs. Naturally
I'm keen not to see all his hard work lost, and TBH, while I'm
licence-neutral,
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