On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 2:01 PM, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Every location is not covered by cellular networks. > > I use only wifi, it will store the area image tiles on the phone and the > changes until you get back to wifi. > > It is the same issue. Not every location is covered by wifi either. > Cheerio John > > On 10 June 2017 at 16:48, Greg Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:06 AM, James <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Mean while in other common wealth countries like Canada or Australia, >>>> it's not economically viable to pave every road. This is a very closed view >>>> on the world we live in. >>>> >>> >>> Heck, that's pretty true in the US as well; I actually did the research >>> on this for a bet recently. Unpaved centerline miles outnumber paved >>> centerline miles by around 3:1 in Oklahoma and closer to 7:1 in Oregon >>> (with over 60 of those unpaved centerline miles being Portland city >>> streets!). >>> >> >> It feels like the map orients itself to urban mapping too much. My >> stereo type is that if an urbanite runs into a dirt road they usually tag >> it as a track. I laughed when I came a cross dirt road that was silky >> smooth and could comfortably fit three semi-tractor trailers as a >> highway=track. Or there is the well maintained AZ 88[1] that was downgraded >> to unclassified from tertiary[2] presumably because the road is unpaved. >> There are mile markers, a state ref number, and at least one hotel. >> >> I've used a number of these phone applications. Each has their strengths >> and weaknesses. Pick one or more to meet your mapping needs. In the case >> of StreetComplete I thought that the whole point of the application was >> to read OSM data; ask a few questions; and change the map. There's another >> weakness of the application. Every location is not covered by cellular >> networks. >> >> [1]https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.527969006834496&lng >> =-111.31676532746405&z=17&pKey=sS6f6s5B_jMurb7qt4bfeQ&focus=photo >> [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124976509 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> >
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