[Openstreetmap] UK railways

[Andy Robinson]

I agree with you Simon, I see a handful of examples on the gmaps where odd
lines run off node locations at weird angles around my area of interest.
They always seem to be single straight line segment of varying length.

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: openstreetmap-bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk [mailto:openstreetmap-
>bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Hewison
>Sent: 19 January 2006 20:57
>To: openstreetmap at vr.ucl.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: [Openstreetmap] UK railways
>
>Andy Robinson wrote:
>> http://www.geoskating.com/gmap/osm-gmap.html
>>
>> ...and you will see that accuracy of final data is unlikely ever to be an
>> issue. It will just take time to get to that level of confidence in some
>> areas where gps tracking by contributors is less effective.
>
>I've found several cases where the map data used by Google Maps (which
>in the UK is mostly supplied from Tele Atlas) is itself suspect, with
>streets running at incorrect angles, copyright easter eggs, and the like.
>
>It's relatively easy to pick this up, as Google Earth uses the same
>street data as Google Maps, and in some areas, Google Earth has
>excellent imagery (better than Google Maps in most cases), and good (or
>getting better) rectification.
>
>--
>Simon Hewison
>
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