[talk-au] How I found OpenStreetMap - compare to other online mapping

[Chris Barham]

Hi,

I thought I'd share this story with the list:

The reason I'm getting into OpenStreetMap because of a frustration with
incorrect online maps.
I needed a map of a local park off Quandeine Street in Stafford, Qld and the
correct name is Keong Park
( See Brisbane City Council parks site for the authoritative name:
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE::pc=PC_1098  ).

Google Maps doesn't call it anything: http://j.mp/7wgDd2 (MapData Sciences
Pty Ltd source data)
Bing Maps calls it Stafford Park: http://j.mp/83hJtM (MapData Sciences Pty
Ltd source data)
Yahoo Maps incorrectly calls it Ennoggera Park: http://j.mp/5q1iQX
Openstreetmap gets it right - Keong Park - http://j.mp/5OC0X3 - hurrah! with
a lot more detail too.

So strangely, the only one that was correct is also the only one I could
have edited and renamed. :-)

And now I'm starting to find this amateur map making all rather addictive.

Regards,
Chris
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