OpenStreetMap
The disadvantages of copying other people's maps
Skrevet af davespod den 22 november 2012 på 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
Diskussion
Kommentar fra _sev skrevet 22. november 2012 kl. 16:09
That’s fascinating indeed. Thanks for the interesting read.
Kommentar fra chillly skrevet 22. november 2012 kl. 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.
Kommentar fra Todeskuh skrevet 22. november 2012 kl. 20:37
Also mentioned here (german):
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sandy-island-im-pazifik-erweist-sich-als-phantominsel-a-868715.html
Kommentar fra z-dude skrevet 22. november 2012 kl. 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?
Kommentar fra chillly skrevet 22. november 2012 kl. 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