> 2009/9/17 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <[email protected]>: > > Why doesn't OSM ever tell me to take a 270 degree turn into oncoming > > traffic on a 6-lane highway and get onto the motorway_link on the > > other side? > > > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=B2%2FB5%2FHeerstra%C3% > 9Fe&daddr=A115&geocode=FQQ6IQMdPXrKAA%3BFX38IAMdsmvKAA&hl=en&mra=ls&sll > =52.493736,13.266249&sspn=0.002567,0.009645&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=52.502622,13 > .277648&spn=0.001283,0.004823&z=18 > > > > > http://cloudmade.com/maps?lat=52.505434&lng=13.272686&zoom=15&direction > s=52.50880994711401,13.266667127609253,52.49494458610386,13.26784729957 > 5806&travel=car&styleId=1 > > Here's a 'funny' example in the opposite direction. Compare > > http://maps.cloudmade.com/?lat=39.583466&lng=- > 76.129246&zoom=13&directions=39.57989335828052,- > 76.15070343017578,39.603175259215426,- > 76.0719108581543&travel=car&styleId=1 > > with > > http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=N+Earlton+Rd+Ext&dad > dr=39.602249,-76.071911&hl=en&geocode=FVDyWwId_gh2- > w%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&sll=39.582936,- > 76.100922&sspn=0.093139,0.154324&ie=UTF8&z=13 > > The Cloudmade/OSM route is about 28 times longer. I expect it's just a > simple missing connection but it make a big difference in the NY to > Washington DC route (1.3 times longer). > > -- > Matt Williams > http://milliams.com
There's a large chunk of one lane of I-95 missing. I traced it from yahoo imagery in Potlach. Such is the power of OSM. :) -Jeremy _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
