[Talk-ca] More Google Copying
Dan Putler
dan.putler at sauder.ubc.ca
Mon Feb 22 00:42:25 GMT 2010
Could the data be from the StatsCan RNF? That would explain the geometry
being off, while having street names on the ways.
On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 16:34 -0800, Adam Dunn wrote:
> The NRN site confirms that names are not available in Manitoba (NRN
> for that province is on version 3) [1]. Sam, maybe you should send a
> nice email explaining that a blank map is better than an illegal one.
> This person has made edits to my hometown that I basically had to
> revert because the geometry was way off. Don't know what his source
> is...
>
> [1] http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/nrn/status.html
>
> Adam
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Sam Dyck <samueldyck at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 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 data in Winnipeg appears to be out of date by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,
> compare Yahoo, Bing, City of
> Winnipeg Assesment, Google
> Street View (Needs Flash)).
> OSM makes the same mistake 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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