[talk-au] New gateway motorway bridge duplication

[Andrew Gregory]

On Sun, 16 May 2010 09:55:18 +0800, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> It's been months now since a new section of the gateway motorway
> opened and it still hasn't appeared on their maps, and today, or
> tomorrow at the latest, the gateway motorway bridge opens to traffic.
>
> So I'm wondering if we should start a pool on how long before the
> bridge and other road works ends up on google maps.

As a guide to past (er, present) update rates by Google (or their map  
provider), the Burns Beach Freeway extension here in Perth was opened 2  
November 2008:

http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?mt0=mapnik&mt1=googlemap&lon=115.75774&lat=-31.74252&zoom=14

We're still waiting...

BTW, OSM had the extension rendered the day after! :)

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Andrew Gregory <mailto:andrew at scss.com.au>
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