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