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