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