OpenStreetMap
The disadvantages of copying other people's maps
Написано от davespod на 22 ноември 2012 на English.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
Discussion
Коментар от _sev в 22 ноември 2012 в 16:09
That’s fascinating indeed. Thanks for the interesting read.
Коментар от chillly в 22 ноември 2012 в 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.
Коментар от Todeskuh в 22 ноември 2012 в 20:37
Also mentioned here (german):
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sandy-island-im-pazifik-erweist-sich-als-phantominsel-a-868715.html
Коментар от z-dude в 22 ноември 2012 в 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?
Коментар от chillly в 22 ноември 2012 в 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