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