[OSM-talk] Bloomsbury Park Easter Egg?

[Andrew Loughhead]

Where I live [1] the map data from MS Windows Live Local is 
interesting.  In general it is very nice, detail is good, rendering is 
lovely, names are correct and so on.  But, they show "Monash Drive".  
Local government has always reserved an easement for this possible road, 
but it certainly doesn't exist now (and probably never will).  I can't 
imagine its an easter egg though, as it would be really annoying to 
their users, as its an obvious useful route, if it existed.  Local 
street directories sometimes show it in dashes.  There are other 
accuracy issues also, Horse Park Drive is shown in a once planned 
location, but was built elsewhere, and so on.  So here, they have used 
slightly out of date data, and made some loading or rendering errors. 

1. Windows Live permalink: 
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=-35.242079~149.163373&style=r&lvl=16 
<http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=-35.242079%7E149.163373&style=r&lvl=16>

Barnett, Phillip wrote:
>
> I walk past this 'park' every day, and sometimes get a coffee in the 
> Starbucks which is right there on Southampton Row/Cosmo Place - but 
> Virtual Earth http://local.live.com/ tells me that there's a park just 
> across the road from Russell Square in Central London!
> Very strange, and I presume it's deliberate.
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