2009/1/29 D Tucny <d...@tucny.com> > 2009/1/28 andrzej zaborowski <balr...@gmail.com> > >> 2009/1/28 Jürgen Reimann <juergen.reim...@gmx.de>: >> > Hello, please don't shoot me if I'm absolutely wrong at this place. I >> want >> > to ask what is to be done if a strange error in Google-Maps appears. >> >> This might be a wrong list to ask about Google Maps. >> >> > This map (like OSM) should also be free of strange mistakes. Does >> anybody >> > know, who (in person) is responsible for the information >> > provided by Google-Maps. (I think even OSM is not absolutely correct in >> this >> > area - I have to check it this weekend). >> > Please have a look at this area and you know what I mean: >> > >> http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=17&lat=51.12995&lon=6.46463&layers=B000TFFF >> >> Check out >> http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=14&lat=-5.06418&lon=-39.0461&layers=B000TFFF >> , this whole region on Google Maps is somebody's rich imagination and >> lots of creativity. Roads are > 20km off. >> > > That looks like vmap0 level of quality... > > The vmap0 dataset seems to have been used by a number of mapping providers > as at least the base for parts of the world where they have no coverage, the > resolution is incredibly low and the quality is horrible... What it does do, > is make it look like there is map coverage in an area that would otherwise > just be blank, of course, it's of virtually no use to anyone... > > d > > Of course, OSM isn't perfect...
http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=11&lat=29.60689&lon=112.12921&layers=B000FTFF I'm pretty sure there's no grid of motorways there... :/ There might be a grid of roads though, so seems like a new mapper potentially needs some prodding towards the documentation... I'll go do that... d
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