[Talk-ca] Bridges in fields...

[Colin McGregor]

Many of us I trust have heard about commercial maps that drop in
deliberate errors as a way to catch copyright infringement, like
bridges in fields. Should anyone want to put bridges in an otherwise
empty field I have a spot for you, seriously....

Last weekend I was in Perth, ON
(http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=44.9023&lon=-76.2461&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF)
(I was looking for an excuse to get out of Toronto for the G-20), and
while in Perth I saw (but didn't have the time to document) two
bridges in an otherwise empty field. Algonquin College's Perth campus
(http://www.algonquincollege.com/perth/) has construction training
courses and the field just to the west of the college is used for
various student projects. Normally one sees things like sheds in that
field, but at least last weekend there were two stone bridges in an
otherwise empty field. Being presumably student projects it is
doubtful those bridges will still be around in 6 months, but for now
they are there and they are legit...

Should anyone in the Perth (well Ottawa) area want to have some fun
with a seeming deliberate error, well ... :-)


Colin McGregor