On 13 Dec 2007, at 10:47, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: >> [quoting OUCS] > The reason (I understand) they removed OSM for maps of where colleges > are is that the data was wrong - the database of the lat/long or > postcode or whatever for each college was not right. Where that data > came from I have no idea.
By way of filling in the gaps, I should clarify that this particular data wasn't sourced from OSM - this was supplied by Oxford either as lat/long coordinates where available, or postcodes otherwise (which were then converted to lat/long via NPEMap). One would assume that the postcode-based data was the source of the inaccuracy that they had issues with. Clearly, it wouldn't have been an enormous task to improve this with the aid of either OSM or OXPOINTS data, but given that OUCS had a working solution based on Google Maps ready to roll, this was the path of least resistance (and cost) that they ultimately went for. Hopefully that clears up any outstanding questions, although obviously don't treat what I say as a substitute for an official statement from the Public Affairs directorate at Oxford... Cheers, - Matthew _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
