[Talk-ca] More Google Copying

Sam Dyck samueldyck at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 00:03:38 GMT 2010


About an hour ago he/she was editing in Saskatoon, and has done a lot of
work in Rural Manitoba to.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Sam Vekemans
<acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>wrote:

> Not sure if this link works
>
> http://www.itoworld.com/product/osm/map?area=1372:7&show=users&sort=total-&colour=date:30
> But you can see whats going on in the area..
> (or just log in and zoom to the area to find the mappers)
>
> http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/Orkp7E40gO0fwyJ8AKlIZQ?feat=directlink
>
> Ya, it seems like alot of work has been done reciently.
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
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> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Sam Dyck <samueldyck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I did, Geobase doesn't even have the street and lacks street names in
>> Manitoba. (at least this is the case in the viewer. The Geobase data in
>> Winnipeg appears to be out of date by at least 14 years in some cases.
>> But yes, a mapping party would be a good idea, any other Winnipegers on
>> this list?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Sam Vekemans <
>> acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for sharing.
>>> The user seems to be doing alot of great work.
>>> Did you cross-check with the GeoBase data?
>>> Im not sure what the spelling of it is in there.
>>>
>>> If anyone is in Winnipeg, perhaps a couch mapping party is needed?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Sam Dyck <samueldyck at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I just got a job that involves entering addresses into Google Maps
>>>> (don't ask), one of these streets, Drobot Place (all address in winnipeg),
>>>> Google has either deliberately or accidentally named Drobol Place (here<http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=54+Drobol+Place&sll=49.940788,-97.039954&sspn=0.009239,0.01929&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=54+Drobol+Pl,+Winnipeg,+Division+No.+11,+Manitoba&ll=49.94056,-97.040133&spn=0.009239,0.01929&z=16>,
>>>> compare Yahoo<http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=49.940088&lon=-97.039395&zoom=16&q1=44%20Drobot%20Place%2C%20Winnipeg>,
>>>> Bing,<http://www.bing.com/maps/#JndoZXJlMT01NiUwOURyb2JvdCtQbGFjZSZiYj00OS45NDQ1OTAyNzAwMzM5JTdlLTk3LjAyODQ1MjY2NDM3MDklN2U0OS45MzUxMDI4MTY4ODQzJTdlLTk3LjA0ODQwODI5OTQ0MTc=> City
>>>> of Winnipeg Assesment<http://map.winnipeg.ca/AsmtPreview/AsmtMap.asp?fav=F&CurrentYearLabel=2009%20Assessment%20Roll%20%282003%20market%20value%29&DisplayProposed=T&ProposedYearLabel=Proposed%202010%20Assessment%20Value%20%28Market%20value%20as%20at%20April%201,%202008%29&PIN=4003338400&BufferSize=100&MapWidth=800&MapHeight=600&lang=EN&Maptype=ADV>,
>>>> Google Street View<http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=firefox-a&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=70+drobol+place,+Winnipeg&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=70+Drobol+Pl,+Winnipeg,+Division+No.+11,+Manitoba&gl=ca&ei=c7OBS5imEMqXtgfn39GSBw&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA&ll=49.941181,-97.039624&spn=0.002375,0.006968&z=18&layer=c&cbll=49.941066,-97.039721&panoid=rJZ56epUjR7hEGhBbvZq-w&cbp=12,148.29,,0,3.34>(Needs Flash)). OSM makes
>>>> the same mistake<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.9405&lon=-97.04047&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF>as Google, which leads me to beileve that the street and others were copied
>>>> from Google. I really hate telling people that I caught them "cheating."
>>>> (I'm sure it was an honest mistake) Could someone please contact the editor
>>>> responsible (you can look him/her up, I don't want to name names. I would be
>>>> willing to help with any followup and cleanup, and you can give them my
>>>> username (sammuell) if you wish, I just can't bring myself to send a message
>>>> explaining just how I caught them.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>>>
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