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