Re: [Talk-GB] Facebook Map Query - Thames rendered as Thanames
On 26/10/2018 10:56, Dave F wrote: I'd be more concerned that on Facebook's mobile website (Android/Silk Browser) that image clicks through to Google Maps. I suspect it depends (I did look into issues related to this in response to some DWG* tickets). The maps you saw depending on where you were, where (both geographically and how far away) and what the thing that you were looking for was (e.g. roughly "a destination", "some other place", "something else"), and how you were accessing FB (e.g. on the phone was it app or browser, and I suspect it'd depend on OS too). Any attribution issues you find are probably best handled by the LWG** though I'm not convinced that "clicking on a map from provider A and going to a map from provider B" necessarily is one. Instagram of course is something else again, despite being owned by Facebook. We (the DWG) have seen some misdirected reports come to us because Instagram's "report a problem" link (at least in the Android app a couple of weeks ago) pointed straight to OSM, and of course OSM has no influence on the search results that Instagram returns, which is usually what users are complaining about. However, I suspect it might result in businesses adding themselves to OSM that otherwise would not so I guess that "every cloud has a silver lining" :) Best Regards Andy * https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group ** https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licensing_Working_Group ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Facebook Map Query - Thames rendered as Thanames
I'd be more concerned that on Facebook's mobile website (Android/Silk Browser) that image clicks through to Google Maps. Cheers DaveF On 26/10/2018 01:44, Steve Doerr wrote: A user on the Facebook group 'UK Places Editors' has commented on the fact that some maps on Facebook pages in the vicinity of Putney Bridge (London) show the River Thames as 'Thanames'. See, for example, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Putney-Bridge/103150243057869 A bit of browser debugging shows that it's accessing the URL https://external-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/static_map.php?v=1013_provider=2=324x160=15=51.46701240%2C-0.21317368=en_GB=2 Note the parameter _provider=2 Can anyone shed light on what tile service is being used here and what could be causing the Thanames name to appear? I can see that adjacent tiles rendered at different times, so that the label 'Thames' occurs in a different position, could cause something that looks like 'Thanames' when they are joined together, but I can't produce any evidence of this. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Facebook Map Query - Thames rendered as Thanames
On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 01:44, Steve Doerr wrote: > A user on the Facebook group 'UK Places Editors' has commented on the > fact that some maps on Facebook pages in the vicinity of Putney Bridge > (London) show the River Thames as 'Thanames'. See, for example, > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Putney-Bridge/103150243057869 > > A bit of browser debugging shows that it's accessing the URL > https://external-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/static_map.php?v=1013_provider=2=324x160=15=51.46701240%2C-0.21317368=en_GB=2 I'm pretty sure that this is not a data issue, but a rendering issue, cause by adjacent tiles being updated at different times and trying to show the label in slightly different positions. Look closely at the text and you'll see a slight discontinuity along a horizontal line through the "n". Rather than being "Thanames" I think we're seeing the upper tile showing "Tha" and the first part of an "m", and the lower tile showing part of an "h" and then "ames". Robert. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Facebook Map Query - Thames rendered as Thanames
I have seen similar but can't recall where or which tile provider. To state obvious, it only occurs at certain zoom levels. Once i realised it was probably transient I lost interest. On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, 01:44 Steve Doerr, wrote: > A user on the Facebook group 'UK Places Editors' has commented on the > fact that some maps on Facebook pages in the vicinity of Putney Bridge > (London) show the River Thames as 'Thanames'. See, for example, > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Putney-Bridge/103150243057869 > > > A bit of browser debugging shows that it's accessing the URL > > https://external-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/static_map.php?v=1013_provider=2=324x160=15=51.46701240%2C-0.21317368=en_GB=2 > > > Note the parameter _provider=2 > > > Can anyone shed light on what tile service is being used here and what > could be causing the Thanames name to appear? I can see that adjacent > tiles rendered at different times, so that the label 'Thames' occurs in > a different position, could cause something that looks like 'Thanames' > when they are joined together, but I can't produce any evidence of this. > > > -- > > Steve > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Facebook Map Query - Thames rendered as Thanames
A user on the Facebook group 'UK Places Editors' has commented on the fact that some maps on Facebook pages in the vicinity of Putney Bridge (London) show the River Thames as 'Thanames'. See, for example, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Putney-Bridge/103150243057869 A bit of browser debugging shows that it's accessing the URL https://external-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/static_map.php?v=1013_provider=2=324x160=15=51.46701240%2C-0.21317368=en_GB=2 Note the parameter _provider=2 Can anyone shed light on what tile service is being used here and what could be causing the Thanames name to appear? I can see that adjacent tiles rendered at different times, so that the label 'Thames' occurs in a different position, could cause something that looks like 'Thanames' when they are joined together, but I can't produce any evidence of this. -- Steve --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
