OpenStreetMap
The disadvantages of copying other people's maps
U postu prej davespod më 22 November 2012 n'EnglishI am pleased to report that the island “proven by scientists not to exist” (by attempting to visit it) does not appear in OSM:
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?mt0=mapnik&mt1=googlemap&lon=159.93316&lat=-19.217&zoom=11
Discussion
Komenti prej _sev në 22 November 2012 te 16:09
That’s fascinating indeed. Thanks for the interesting read.
Komenti prej chillly në 22 November 2012 te 17:48
OSM twitter feed says our contributors actually go out and survey (which many do).
At the same time OSM organises Operation Cowboy - an armchair mapping festival.
I’ll prefer surveys every time.
Komenti prej Todeskuh në 22 November 2012 te 20:37
Also mentioned here (german):
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sandy-island-im-pazifik-erweist-sich-als-phantominsel-a-868715.html
Komenti prej z-dude në 22 November 2012 te 21:39
regarding another Sandy Island which had wikipedia editors confused, why doesn’t the Lacepede’s Sandy Island render on OSM? osm.org/browse/way/187645473 is it because it’s from Oct 25?
Komenti prej chillly në 22 November 2012 te 22:37
@alexz In OSM coastline is a special case. It only gets updated occasionally and until then the island won’t render. It could take weeks before the coastline job runs next. More info here