[OSM-talk] World wide coverage?

[Andrew Turner]

Hey everyone,

I'm curious on the slippy map and other displays that worldwide
coverage seems not only sparse/unshown, areas of the world just aren't
even displayed. For example, if you zoom out to the world view, you
only get the Northern Hemisphere, and not even the whole thing (west
coast of US and further cut off)

And at least in the US - when you zoom into areas that have apparent
OSM coverage - you just get the "... more OSM coming soon" message.

>From right next to the map:
"OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made
by people like you.
OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a
collaborative way from anywhere on Earth. "

I'm curious what the problem is with incorporating other areas? It
seems like it would be difficult to attract interest/excitement if
someone's country isn't even visible. I'm traveling to New Zealand and
wanted to use the OSMGarminMap to load some maps - and also contribute
waypoints back. However, it's discouraging that NZ isn't even on the
map at all.

Andrew

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Andrew Turner
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