On 28 January 2010 11:27, Ed Loach <[email protected]> wrote: > JGC: > > > Could anyone explain where the "Guibert" closest to > > Kenscoff (that I also put on ose.petschge.de) comes > > from in OSM map ? I can't find an object corresponding > > to it, nor its source. > > If you mean the one returned in the namefinder in the Geonames > section, it isn't in OSM, but is in Geonames. > http://www.geonames.org/3724061/guibert.html > > The Haiti 1:50k maps surround that point by Obléon, Grand Place and > Carrefour Beraque and I think Grand Place is the one most likely to > refer to Guibert, though of the three is the only one of those three > not currently added from the 1:50k maps (Haiti-tlm-50) > > Perhaps someone else can say whether we can add geonames.org place > details (CC-BY) to OSM? >
geonames.org is not necessarily a good source of data. Most points come from the US government in the first place: http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html . I thought it was previously evaluated as not good enough for OSM. Emilie Laffray
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