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
Diskussion
Kommentar von mapryan am 17. August 2008 um 22:31 Uhr
If you click on this map link, you'll need to zoom out a bit to see what I mean
Mike
Kommentar von gewi am 17. August 2008 um 22:33 Uhr
Hi Mike,
The situation in Germany is the same, i.e. you have to buy maps.
Regards, gewi
Kommentar von mapryan am 17. August 2008 um 22:45 Uhr
Ah, thanks. Did wonder.
Kommentar von Richard am 18. August 2008 um 09:53 Uhr
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. :)
Kommentar von smsm1 am 18. August 2008 um 10:47 Uhr
You may find that there is a problem with the renderer or the coastline.
Kommentar von amapanda ᚛ᚐᚋᚐᚅᚇᚐ᚜ 🏳️⚧️ am 18. August 2008 um 13:12 Uhr
As Richard said, the german OpenStreetMap community is fairly active. Fair play to them. Let's map the world!
Kommentar von mapryan am 18. August 2008 um 13:45 Uhr
Indeed. I was curious what it was that was driving the obvious German interest in the project.
Kommentar von Deelkar am 18. August 2008 um 23:10 Uhr
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)