On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:03:19 +0100 Phil Monger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Streetview is a product designed to show *streets. *Anything else is just > detail to show these in context. I would have to agree with you there. I have been surprised at just how out of date POIs can be compared to other OS maps., especially in rural areas. E.g., this post office closed a good 20 years ago: http://edgemaster.dev.openstreetmap.org/streetview_tiles/ossv.html?zoom=16&lat=52.41902&lon=-2.92639&layers=BTF This has gone from the Landranger, but not Streetview. I'm sure this is not an isolated example. So definitely a need for caution. I can suddenly feel my motivation for mapping coming back :) Nevertheless, my favourite OS FAIL remains the PRoW through a vat of sewage on the Landranger (courtesy of Bing): http://bit.ly/bHhDwW Whether this is the OS's fault or the council's I am not sure (the Council have put up new waymarks, though). The footpath does follow roughly (I had a very poor GPS signal that day) its revised course in OSM. Not trying to knock the OS, by the way. I love the Landranger maps, it is just reassuring to know that even the great Ordnance Survey can't get it all right. David _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
