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You beat me to it! The BBC is interesting too...

Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 10:56 AM EST

Ideally there would be an update option on the maps, but that would require someone to validate the changes. Not too long ago there was an island reported missing, so other map services also make mistakes.
At work last summer we had to visit a house, when we got there is was nothing but a hole in the ground. Since my initial notes didn't get updated to the system there were 2 move visits to the hole before the work order was canceled for failure to make contact after 3 visits.

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You beat me to it! The BBC is interesting too... - Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 03:38 PM EST
- You beat me to it! The BBC is interesting too... - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 05:23 PM EST

You beat me to it! The BBC is interesting too...

Authored by: macrorodent on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 11:41 AM EST

I do believe that OpenStreetmap and associated projects are doing very much better.....

I used to be enthousiastic about OpenStreetMap, also contributing some fixes concerning my neighbourhood, but then realized the one glaring flaw in their approach: OpenStreetMap is great in areas with lots of active users, but barebones elsewhere. Mapping places that you don't live in (and where few people live), and which are not interesting for special some reason is boring, unglamorous drudgery. So the only information in them (if any) comes from some public databases in the best case (but these releases may be dated), guesswork from satellite imagery in the worst. I think the OpenStreetMap project has a deal with some satellite image outfit for such fallback material.

No, I would not trust my life on OpenStreetMap.

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You beat me to it! The BBC is interesting too... - Authored by: tiger99 on Tuesday, December 11 2012 @ 08:02 AM EST

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