OpenStreetMap
The disadvantages of copying other people's maps
Postiwyd gan davespod ar 22 Tachwedd 2012 yn 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
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Sylwadau gan _sev ar 22 Tachwedd 2012 am 16:09
That’s fascinating indeed. Thanks for the interesting read.
Sylwadau gan chillly ar 22 Tachwedd 2012 am 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.
Sylwadau gan Todeskuh ar 22 Tachwedd 2012 am 20:37
Also mentioned here (german):
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sandy-island-im-pazifik-erweist-sich-als-phantominsel-a-868715.html
Sylwadau gan z-dude ar 22 Tachwedd 2012 am 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?
Sylwadau gan chillly ar 22 Tachwedd 2012 am 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