OSM is great. Here in Addis Ababa, street names are not used except in a handful of major thoroughfares; people navigate by landmark. OSM has far more navigable map of the city than googlemaps does. In some areas it labels the street name in the local fashion (e.g. "Road to Gerji Giorgis). Yet it fails in other aspects -- the U.S. embassy is the most recognizable landmark on Intoto street, and is not listed; neither are the French, German, or British embassies. The EU Commission is not listed on Cape Verde st. even though that street is commonly known as "EU Road". Yet, the Brazilian Ambassador's residence, not a particularly well known landmark, is known.
Dan Rosenthal On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Cristian Consonni <kikkocrist...@gmail.com>wrote: > 2012/6/7 Richard Symonds <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk>: > > the house because it's not > > on their navigation systems... > > May I thank evebody participating in this discussion for the > throughout update on navigation system? > I am finding it very interesting, above all the comparising among > different countries. =) > > Cristian > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
