[Talk-ca] OpenStreetMap in "The Times - atlas of the world" book

[Jonathan Stewart]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:05 PM, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Sam Vekemans
> <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This makes me excited because by the end of this year, all of Canada
>> will be complete!
>
> I think you're jumping the gun just a little.
Probably yes.  I think what he means is that the base road network
will be laid down, to the point that it will be comparable to major
maps from paper map companies, GPS unit companies, or Google maps.

But I agree, it will be a loooong time before Canada is "Complete", if
we could even say it would ever reach that state.  We can still add
every address, every amenity, every shop, and millions of other
details besides just the roads.

Jonathan

> Even if all the GeoBase
> data is imported... Even if all the street names are imported... Even
> if all the address block face numbering is imported... Even if all the
> CanVec data is imported... Even if all the stitching between the
> different models gets done...
>
> There are always new roads being built, there are hundreds of
> thousands of items that OSM maps that aren't in any of the other
> databases, and there's a lot of improvement that can be done to the
> data that gets imported from other sources.
>
> I think it's just a little premature to be thinking that the Canadian
> portion of the OSM project will be done any time soon.
>
> James
> VE6SRV
>
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     Jonathan