OpenStreetMap
Anyone know why a big square box has appeared off the north west coast of Scotland?
Also, while I'm asking, I'm curious as to why there are so many German people adding entries? Is the situation with maps the same in Germany as in the UK, ie, a government agency owns all the rights to the maps?
Cheers
Mike
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mapryanтарафынан17 August 2008 cәғәт 22:31көндө ҡаралған
If you click on this map link, you'll need to zoom out a bit to see what I mean
Mike
gewiтарафынан17 August 2008 cәғәт 22:33көндө ҡаралған
Hi Mike,
The situation in Germany is the same, i.e. you have to buy maps.
Regards, gewi
mapryanтарафынан17 August 2008 cәғәт 22:45көндө ҡаралған
Ah, thanks. Did wonder.
Richardтарафынан18 August 2008 cәғәт 09:53көндө ҡаралған
There's been a lot of mass media publicity for OSM in Germany recently - hence the upsurge in diary entries. We should really have some way of tagging by language so you don't have to flick through languages you don't understand. :)
smsm1тарафынан18 August 2008 cәғәт 10:47көндө ҡаралған
You may find that there is a problem with the renderer or the coastline.
amapanda ᚛ᚐᚋᚐᚅᚇᚐ᚜ 🏳️🌈тарафынан18 August 2008 cәғәт 13:12көндө ҡаралған
As Richard said, the german OpenStreetMap community is fairly active. Fair play to them. Let's map the world!
mapryanтарафынан18 August 2008 cәғәт 13:45көндө ҡаралған
Indeed. I was curious what it was that was driving the obvious German interest in the project.
Deelkarтарафынан18 August 2008 cәғәт 23:10көндө ҡаралған
There is no privatised Mapping Agency yet in Germany, but it's fun, there are lots of Geocachers, and as already said by others, there has been quite the media coverage (several TV broadcasts, big radiostations, and a *lot* of online coverage)