[Openstreetmap] Maps that Lye

[SteveC]

http://www.openstreetmap.org/news/?p=20

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Maps that Lye

This is a tiny scan from an A-Z map of central Bristol:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/news/images/lye_close.jpg

Only if you go and wander around Canynge Square in Bristol you see some
nice houses where that Close should be:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/news/images/lyebuildings.jpg

Lye Close isnt in the index either. Weird, huh? Well, not really. Its an
easter egg, a surprise street inserted so that if you attempt to copy
the map then then the copyright holder can prove you copied it.
Otherwise, why would you have the nonsense street in your map if you
didnt get it from them?

Fake street features are fairly hard to find, and we really have no idea
how many there are. Fake streets, purpose mis-spellings and phantom
churches are all thought to exist. Its why OpenStreetMap asks you not to
refence maps when entering data, and its one reason why we need our own
free and accurate geodata.

With thanks to Laurence and Jo for scans and pictures. 

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/