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