2009/8/12 John Smith <delta_foxt...@yahoo.com> > > I don't think you fully understood me, we're not trying to work out from > other maps what roads don't exist, we are trying to tell mappers that come > after us that a road they see on a map doesn't exist and don't waste your > time trying to map non-existing roads. > > I think I do now. As Vincent stated, I don't believe that OSM should contain non existent roads that are actually way to identify copyrighted data; that would be imported that said copyrighted data in OSM. You may want to use OpenStreetBugs or develop an alternate repository for OSM marking those roads and putting them as a layer in a website with the OSM data. That way you wouldn't mess with copyrighted data in OSM. I don't think there are tools to solve your problems, as your problem is quite rare compared to denser areas like Europe. People with good mapping coverage and low density might end up having the same trouble as you, so you may want to look at building that tool and/or trying to get people to build it for you. Regarding the STRM data, you are correct, but the new data from NASA is actually better even if we cannot import it. It would be good for you to test some scenarios.
Emilie Laffray
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