OpenStreetMap
The govenment is making it hard for us
Апублікавана карыстальнікам Sanderd17 25 Кастрычнік 2010 на мове EnglishLook at this article (the article is in dutch, but you'll know enough with the photo)
http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=BV319CBE
The traffic sign says no GPS is allowed. In the entire article, they're talking about putting your GPS off and so, but I hope they mean "routing software" instead of "GPS" :-P
Otherwise it would be impossible to track the new situation of the crossing near Lummen:
osm.org/?lat=51.0016&lon=5.229&zoom=14&layers=M
The new crossing is open since today and I hope it will be adapted soon on OSM.
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Каментар ад PhilippeP у 25 Кастрычнік 2010 у 19:15
Well it's about the routing software ... some 'very clever' people just do what their GPS says ....
The first time I used a GPS (the purpose was to set ip up for a collegue) I was standing on the roof of a building in Brussels, after it found the satellites , I asked it to show me the way to the south train station ... It just said "go straight forward for 1km .... :)
Just do not trust the lady :)
Каментар ад Sanderd17 у 25 Кастрычнік 2010 у 19:17
LOL, that's a great one.
Каментар ад !i! у 25 Кастрычнік 2010 у 19:41
Hehe a friend told me here in Germany we have similar signs for districts that have obviously outdated map datas :)
But hey I assume it's not about the cleverness of a guy to follow the navi. This is just some kind of training. So I guess everybody that is relaxed will do what the magic voice sais ;)
Каментар ад davespod у 25 Кастрычнік 2010 у 20:15
I saw this one in real life before I realised it was a news story. A sign specifically telling truck drivers to ignore their sat nav. I like the symbols.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-478073/Council-erects-sign-tells-drivers-Dont-trust-satnav.html
Каментар ад Sanderd17 у 25 Кастрычнік 2010 у 21:21
I think a sign like that will confuse the lorry driver and so he will be stuck :-D
Like the first comment, you could interprete the sign as "only accessible to flying saucers". I love those drawings.
Каментар ад Sanderd17 у 25 Кастрычнік 2010 у 21:28
Sometimes, signalisation is just so good, like here:
http://users.skynet.be/martinod/fotos/omleiding-deviation.jpg
Dutch speaking people have to go to the right, French speaking to the left.
Btw, does anyone knows if there is a free database for temporarily geographical data? Like road works. I could really use this in my home town. Because I always forget where they are working, and so, I do a detour.