On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:05 PM, James Ewen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Sam Vekemans > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This makes me excited because by the end of this year, all of Canada >> will be complete! > > I think you're jumping the gun just a little. Probably yes. I think what he means is that the base road network will be laid down, to the point that it will be comparable to major maps from paper map companies, GPS unit companies, or Google maps.
But I agree, it will be a loooong time before Canada is "Complete", if we could even say it would ever reach that state. We can still add every address, every amenity, every shop, and millions of other details besides just the roads. Jonathan > Even if all the GeoBase > data is imported... Even if all the street names are imported... Even > if all the address block face numbering is imported... Even if all the > CanVec data is imported... Even if all the stitching between the > different models gets done... > > There are always new roads being built, there are hundreds of > thousands of items that OSM maps that aren't in any of the other > databases, and there's a lot of improvement that can be done to the > data that gets imported from other sources. > > I think it's just a little premature to be thinking that the Canadian > portion of the OSM project will be done any time soon. > > James > VE6SRV > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- Jonathan _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
