I recently travelled in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro thanks to the maps of Lambertus (OSM). We never got lost and I only had to make some few coorections (roundabouts, etc) and add a road. we would never had found our way without OSM and the good work of Lambertus.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Lambertus <[email protected]> wrote: > Gert, the same problems you attribute to OSM are valid for TomTom > (TeleAtlas) as well. > > But don't believe me, I provide OSM Garmin maps for almost 5 years now, so > I'm probably 'too forgiving with my "baby"'. It's the users of these maps > that disagree with you. > > A few recent quotes from OSM Garmin map users who emailed to say thanks: > "I travelled for 40 days in 7 different countries in South America abd > found the Garmin Maps very helpful." > > "I was driving last week through the netherlands and it went very well! > Thanks for your support." > > The person of the last quote also notified me of an erroneous turn > restriction, which has been fixed in the next update only two weeks later. > For free. I guess TomTom does this much better, no? > > Gert, please try to contribute in a positive way. The project really won't > get better with non-constructive criticisms. Perhaps you are simply happier > with a commercial TomTom map? We will certainly be happier without the > constant negative vibes. > > In interesting read on personalities and OpenSource projects: > http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/**?p=66<http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=66> > > > On 30-5-2012 17:21, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen wrote: > >> >> TomTom is right, OSM is still a immature product. >> That may change, but it isn't yet. But for a few Garmins >> serious routing on OSM is a hazardous enterprise. >> Even in the Netherlands, one of the countries with >> a high completion rate, road classification is NOT >> consistent, so are the deafault traffic rules that go with it. >> A router may find a route, but that is it. No comfort, >> no lanes, no direction signs, no traffic lights, and no >> obstruction warnings. >> Many roads (albethem small ones) are still marked pedestrian, >> and inhibit a car router to reach destination. >> Cycle roads are tagged inconsistently or plain faulty, and there >> are many ,many real errors. At the time, before OSMF >> told me to stop correcting the map for something as trivial >> as a license, I found errors on every 20 roads on average. >> Not all fatal, but enough to make me turn to Google >> Navigon or TomTom to get me at my destination. >> Those who state the contrary are too forgiving with their "baby". >> And yes as Greg says, you may correct the errors, but when you're done >> correcting the error, you do not need OSM anymore to get there !!! >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Gert >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk> >
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