OpenStreetMap
The disadvantages of copying other people's maps
English телендә davespod22 November 2012 баҫылып сыҡты.I 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
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_sevтарафынан22 November 2012 cәғәт 16:09көндө ҡаралған
That’s fascinating indeed. Thanks for the interesting read.
chilllyтарафынан22 November 2012 cәғәт 17:48көндө ҡаралған
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.
Todeskuhтарафынан22 November 2012 cәғәт 20:37көндө ҡаралған
Also mentioned here (german):
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sandy-island-im-pazifik-erweist-sich-als-phantominsel-a-868715.html
z-dudeтарафынан22 November 2012 cәғәт 21:39көндө ҡаралған
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?
chilllyтарафынан22 November 2012 cәғәт 22:37көндө ҡаралған
@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