The disadvantages of copying other people's maps
davespodने 22 November 2012 ला English भाषेत लिहीलेI 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
_sevकडून 22 November 2012, 16:09 लाला अभिप्राय
That’s fascinating indeed. Thanks for the interesting read.
chilllyकडून 22 November 2012, 17:48 लाला अभिप्राय
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.
Todeskuhकडून 22 November 2012, 20:37 लाला अभिप्राय
Also mentioned here (german):
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sandy-island-im-pazifik-erweist-sich-als-phantominsel-a-868715.html
z-dudeकडून 22 November 2012, 21:39 लाला अभिप्राय
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?
chilllyकडून 22 November 2012, 22:37 लाला अभिप्राय
@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