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