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<div data-externalstyle="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><div style="color: rgb(55, 86, 35); font-size: 14pt;">You'd almost think she's getting a kick back from Google! 😉<br></div><div style="color: rgb(55, 86, 35); font-size: 14pt;" data-signatureblock="true"><div style="color: rgb(55, 86, 35); font-size: 14pt;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(55, 86, 35); font-size: 14pt;">Jonathan<br><br>-----------------------<br>http://bigfatfrog67.me</div><div style="color: rgb(55, 86, 35); font-size: 14pt;"><br></div></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid;"><div><font face=" 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif'" style='line-height: 15pt; letter-spacing: 0.02em; font-family: "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:davefox@madasafish.com" target="_parent">Dave F.</a><br><b>Sent:</b> ‎Thursday‎, ‎2‎ ‎April‎ ‎2015 ‎13‎:‎45<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lester@lsces.co.uk" target="_parent">Lester Caine</a>, <a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org" target="_parent">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a></font></div></div><div><br></div><div dir=""><div id="readingPaneBodyContent">On 02/04/2015 12:41, Lester Caine wrote:<br>> On 02/04/15 12:28, Dave F. wrote:<br>>> Ah, might as well forget it...<br>>><br>>> Just read Richard F's blog on the CRT website. V. disappointing.<br>>><br>>> https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/blog/odette-myall/new-maps-for-a-new-website<br>> It is much better to look at this as a positive rather than a negative!<br>> What *IS* needed is a successful way of using third party data sets<br>> rather than continually merging now quite complex data sets into the one<br>> unmanageable whole. I would hope to see the information available as an<br>> overlay to osm in the same way it overlays google.<br><br>As you can see. it's not just me who want CRT to use OSM:<br>https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/blog/odette-myall/thanks-for-the-map-feedback<br><br>Note paragraph: "We’re very fortunate to have Google as one of our <br>partners, so we won’t be moving away from Google as the base layer for <br>the map."<br><br>My tweets to Victoria Peckett, CRT's 'digital manager':<br><br>I'm disappointed by your decision not to use OSM, especially since it <br>has more data, detail & accuracy. When things change, they're updated <br>quicker in OSM (especially pubs!). Please reconsider your decision to <br>make CRT maps even better.<br><br>Genuinely surprised you think Google to be better quality than OSM (sent <br>her comparative links)<br><br>Her reply:<br>Thx for feedback. Understand not everyone will prefer Google, but is <br>very widely used format & one many people familiar with<br><br>Me: It's a shame a collaborative/volunteer org. like the CRT can't <br>embrace a similar volunteer/crowd sourced project. OSM already contains <br>much canal & ancillary data. Does Google? (which, incidentally, owns any <br>data you freely enter into it)<br><br>Hi Dave. Understand your prefer OSM but we believe our styling over <br>Google base layer does offer good quality experience & data..<br><br>Me: As a "digital manager" it's a shame you're unaware of OSM's <br>rendering abilities, even better than Google. Annoyed with @richardf<br><br>I have to say, considering the response (I found "one many people <br>familiar with" especially irritating) I'm struggling to see the positive.<br><br>Richard F:<br>Is it planned to release the SAP database under an open license?<br><br>Cheers<br>Dave F.<br><br><br>> Then perhaps all the<br>> material that is simply missing or incorrect on google can be replaced<br>> with much more accurate local views :) Certainly the paths and access to<br>> the navigable sections of canals and rivers around here are currently<br>> totally blank on the google version.<br>><br><br><br>---<br>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br>http://www.avast.com<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-GB mailing list<br>Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org<br>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb<br></div></div></div>
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