OpenStreetMap
The disadvantages of copying other people's maps
Publicat per davespod el 22 Novembre 2012 en 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
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Comentari de _sev el 22 Novembre 2012 a les 16.09
That’s fascinating indeed. Thanks for the interesting read.
Comentari de chillly el 22 Novembre 2012 a les 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.
Comentari de Todeskuh el 22 Novembre 2012 a les 20.37
Also mentioned here (german):
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sandy-island-im-pazifik-erweist-sich-als-phantominsel-a-868715.html
Comentari de z-dude el 22 Novembre 2012 a les 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?
Comentari de chillly el 22 Novembre 2012 a les 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