Bing Adds Open Street Map
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| henke54 Aug 03, 2010 9:31 AM EDT |
Quoting:The map created by Open Street Map, a project building a free, open-source, editable map of the world, is now available as a layer in Bing Maps.http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bing_adds_open_street_m... ;-P |
| TxtEdMacs Aug 03, 2010 10:42 AM EDT |
Hey henke..., Why all those dead ends and cul de sacs? Before you know it you have driven into a walled compound. Look at the satellite images ... that looks like barbed wire and guard towers. Forgive me if I am mistaken, but is this another "Open that ends up closed? YBT |
| henke54 Aug 03, 2010 10:54 AM EDT |
>but is this another "Open that ends up closed? I sure hope not, because i am 'a bit worried' about that... that's why i post this ... |
| hkwint Aug 04, 2010 5:49 PM EDT |
It's the additional information to the maps which have most value I think. Like garages (repair shops), supermarkets, gas stations and the like. Sometimes I try using something else than Google maps, but the competition is just worse because they have far less points of interest. Therefore, people like me use Google when searching for the location of a sport accommodation, restaurant, cafe or something like that. I was pretty disappointed Google Maps doens't have a function to find the nearest post box or ATM, but I still didn't find out how to add those. Then, I encountered an error in Google Maps: When I ask some route, I am always directed through the parking lot of the hospital. Not a smart place to drive through if you're in a hurry. Apart from the consideration there are barriers at the entrance and exit. So, being a nice "open" citizen, I contacted TomTom to ask them if they could fix the issue. I used their 'fill in' form and such, and received a confirmation. But a year later, nothing changed. On OSM however, all the barriers at the hospital were already on the map, and I found numbers of cycling lanes too (which aren't on Google Maps, so if you go cycling and ask Google for a direction, you receive senseless routes from now and then). It's not honest, Google knows everywhere I want to go (Even with Google sharing, route calculations starting at my address identify me), but if I want something in return - them fixing the maps with the info I provided to them for free (!), they don't act. So again, I'll start trying becoming less dependent on Google Maps. |
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