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