Thanks for sharing. The user seems to be doing alot of great work. Did you cross-check with the GeoBase data? Im not sure what the spelling of it is in there.
If anyone is in Winnipeg, perhaps a couch mapping party is needed? Cheers, Sam On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Sam Dyck <samueld...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I just got a job that involves entering addresses into Google Maps > (don't ask), one of these streets, Drobot Place (all address in winnipeg), > Google has either deliberately or accidentally named Drobol Place > (here<http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=54+Drobol+Place&sll=49.940788,-97.039954&sspn=0.009239,0.01929&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=54+Drobol+Pl,+Winnipeg,+Division+No.+11,+Manitoba&ll=49.94056,-97.040133&spn=0.009239,0.01929&z=16>, > compare > Yahoo<http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=49.940088&lon=-97.039395&zoom=16&q1=44%20Drobot%20Place%2C%20Winnipeg>, > Bing,<http://www.bing.com/maps/#JndoZXJlMT01NiUwOURyb2JvdCtQbGFjZSZiYj00OS45NDQ1OTAyNzAwMzM5JTdlLTk3LjAyODQ1MjY2NDM3MDklN2U0OS45MzUxMDI4MTY4ODQzJTdlLTk3LjA0ODQwODI5OTQ0MTc=> > City > of Winnipeg > Assesment<http://map.winnipeg.ca/AsmtPreview/AsmtMap.asp?fav=F&CurrentYearLabel=2009%20Assessment%20Roll%20%282003%20market%20value%29&DisplayProposed=T&ProposedYearLabel=Proposed%202010%20Assessment%20Value%20%28Market%20value%20as%20at%20April%201,%202008%29&PIN=4003338400&BufferSize=100&MapWidth=800&MapHeight=600&lang=EN&Maptype=ADV>, > Google Street > View<http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=firefox-a&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=70+drobol+place,+Winnipeg&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=70+Drobol+Pl,+Winnipeg,+Division+No.+11,+Manitoba&gl=ca&ei=c7OBS5imEMqXtgfn39GSBw&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA&ll=49.941181,-97.039624&spn=0.002375,0.006968&z=18&layer=c&cbll=49.941066,-97.039721&panoid=rJZ56epUjR7hEGhBbvZq-w&cbp=12,148.29,,0,3.34>(Needs > Flash)). OSM makes > the same > mistake<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.9405&lon=-97.04047&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF>as > Google, which leads me to beileve that the street and others were copied > from Google. I really hate telling people that I caught them "cheating." > (I'm sure it was an honest mistake) Could someone please contact the editor > responsible (you can look him/her up, I don't want to name names. I would be > willing to help with any followup and cleanup, and you can give them my > username (sammuell) if you wish, I just can't bring myself to send a message > explaining just how I caught them. > > Thanks > > Sam > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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