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