What's this? <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=51.376127,-0.527558&spn=0.003415,0.010042&z=17">http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=51.376127,-0.527558&spn=0.003415,0.010042&z=17
</a><br><br>Give up? Now look at OSM version: <a href="http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.37666719410087&lon=-0.5281804848206026&zoom=17&layers=0B00F00">http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.37666719410087&lon=-0.5281804848206026&zoom=17&layers=0B00F00
</a><br><br>How about this rather dull industrial park? <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=51.349405,-0.467434&spn=0.01367,0.040169&z=15">http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=51.349405,-0.467434&spn=0.01367,0.040169&z=15
</a><br><br>Not really the best advert for the birthplace of both aviation and motor-racing in the UK: <a href="http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.34941603883856&lon=-0.469794171630537&zoom=15&layers=0B00F00">
http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.34941603883856&lon=-0.469794171630537&zoom=15&layers=0B00F00</a><br><br>Looking for somewhere to park your boat on the Thames?<br><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=51.41152,-0.501916&spn=0.006826,0.020084&z=16">
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=51.41152,-0.501916&spn=0.006826,0.020084&z=16</a><br><br>Penton Hook, with 575 berths, is Britain's largest inland marina:
<br><a href="http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.4116184328057&lon=-0.504791627276622&zoom=16&layers=0B00F00">http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.4116184328057&lon=-0.504791627276622&zoom=16&layers=0B00F00
</a><br><br>Here's a dull bit of woodland:<br><a href="http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.480915~-0.292951&style=r&lvl=16&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=12471613&encType=1">http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.480915~-0.292951&style=r&lvl=16&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=12471613&encType=1
</a><br><br>Not!<br><a href="http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.481160194380045&lon=-0.29287570332767354&zoom=16&layers=0B00F00">http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.481160194380045&lon=-0.29287570332767354&zoom=16&layers=0B00F00
</a><br><br><br>Etienne<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Miller</b> <<a href="mailto:peter.miller@itoworld.com">peter.miller@itoworld.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB">Oxford
Street</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"> in London must be one of the more famous and
busy shopping streets in the world, but on Google Maps it is shown very narrow
because it isn't a route that can be driven along. See how it shrinks to
a thin line as it becomes pedestrian. Regent Street is also a famous shopping
street but you can drive on that one so it is very prominent.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=london&ie=UTF8&ll=51.512161,-0.148015&spn=0.014503,0.036564&z=15&om=1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=london&ie=UTF8&ll=51.512161,-0.148015&spn=0.014503,0.036564&z=15&om=1</a></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB">The Millennium
Bridge (<a href="http://www.urban75.org/london/millennium.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.urban75.org/london/millennium.html</a>)
in London must of
the list of 'top bridges' built in past 10 years but it isn't
shown either on Google Maps (TeleAtlas) or Local Live (Navteq) because you can't
drive along it (although it is clearly visible from the aerial photography
layer.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 120%;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.510893%7E-0.094907&style=r&lvl=15&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=12454275&encType=1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.510893~-0.094907&style=r&lvl=15&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=12454275&encType=1</a></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB">In my home town of Ipswich Google Maps (TeleAtlas
again) shows in detail the layout of the inside of the main multi-story car-parks,
but fails to show the pedestrian routes into town from these car parks! See OSM
for comparison.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&ll=52.056165,1.155667&spn=0.003391,0.009141&z=17&om=1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ip1&ie=UTF8&ll=52.056165,1.155667&spn=0.003391,0.009141&z=17&om=1</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=52.05633439657566&lon=1.156257140529177&zoom=17&layers=0000F0B" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=52.05633439657566&lon=1.156257140529177&zoom=17&layers=0000F0B</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB">The more one looks the more bizarre things turn up. For
example in Cambridge Google Maps doesn't show any parks or greens but
does show the 'Lakes' golf course; clearly one of key tourist attractions
of the place, well it is an ok 9 hole course that is about 10 years old,
slightly younger than some of the other attractions in the area. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cambridge&ie=UTF8&ll=52.202544,0.131236&spn=0.054076,0.146255&z=13&om=1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cambridge&ie=UTF8&ll=52.202544,0.131236&spn=0.054076,0.146255&z=13&om=1</a></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB">It seems that the current web maps are for middle-aged
middle-income golf-playing car-driving men. Just a guess, is there any other
evidence out there to confirm or contradict this hypothesis?</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-GB">Peter</span></font></p>
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