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

[Steve Bennett]

Brisway gets it right:

http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/mapsearch.cgi?star=5&x=153.006352992&ftsSearch=quandeine%20st&y=-27.406181504&level=6&StateID=4

But welcome aboard :)

Steve

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Chris Barham <cbarham at pobox.com> wrote:
> 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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