Google Maps has finally caught up to OSM in the Canberra suburbs of Dunlop and Forde. Actually this is quite impressive for Google since some of the Forde streets have only been open to the public for a month or so. Mind you, they do have an extra appendage on Jessie Street that isn't actually there (I don't think it's an Easter Egg, but who knows!!).
However they fall way behind in Franklin - C'mon Google some of those street have been driveable for over 10 days now. :-) In Queanbeyan they are wrong quite a bit and no evidence that it will ever be fixed. One Street in Harrison has three different names - a Google/Navteq/PSMA name a Sensis/Whereis name an OSM Name (identical to the street sign) - also happens to be the one decreed by legislation. Yes - this street had it's name changed by legislation twice, even before it was built and since only OSM mappers seem to be keen enough to actually drive the roads in order to map what is actually there, the others will probable never correct the mistake. A street in Franklin also had it's name changed. - OSM reflected this within a day or two of the street sign being changed.. One of the major roads in the centre of Canberra had it's name changed. The government website had the details for many a month so I was watching out for when the street signs finally changed. Google and Sensis still have this street wrong. I beleive that this is one of the good features of OSM - it can change quickly. E.G Burnie street in Lyons is impassable both in OSM and reality (roadworks of a major nature that will take a long time). Also Sheppard street in Hume. Whilst the commercial mappers just take information from other sources and bulk import it into their datasets they are going to have problems - just look at the new google map rendering of Canberra "International" airport. There seens to be a civilian roundabout in the middle of a taxiway - Still thats ok since they got it's name wrong anyway.
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