[OSM-talk] OSM data in Google Earth
Jon Stockill
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Tue Dec 19 09:44:25 GMT 2006
Tom Carden wrote:
> But please avoid using copyrighted data to help make your map, the
> temptation to "just fill in this last part" without checking in real
> life is very strong. Although I'm not accusing anyone of weakness, it's
> much easier just to avoid it all together. Of course we can't stop you,
> and OSM-KML hacks are undeniably very cool :)
The exception here being NPE - I've found it incredibly handy for
mapping out suitably old housing estates. It just needs me to go and
collect all the names now :-)
I've been using NPE for railways too - very little has changed over the
years. You may need to go and re-tag something as abandoned, but in 99%
of cases it's still recognisable as a railway line, and in use as a
footpath or cycleway. A local train timetable also helps you with which
sections are still in use.
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Jon Stockill
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