[OSM-talk] Google Maps comparison

[Tom Chance]

Hullo,

I think the comparison is generally fab, but it does highlight the pressing
need for tools to monitor and roll back changes in the event of vandalism
;)

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:20:28 +0100, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com>
wrote:
> Of course the biggest OSM error is that lots of streets are missing
> altogether. Often this is obvious because there's just a skeleton, but
> sometimes people have mapped 2/3 of streets spread evenly in a village
> (i.e. not the west half of the village, say, but an apparently random
> distribution which makes it look plausible).

Which is why I like to consistently add one hell of a lot of detail and
spread out slowly :)
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.46579988676173&lon=-0.07525800476164196&zoom=15&layers=B0T

Alternatively, leave an obvious indication of missing data:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Criccieth

It makes picking up where I've left off much easier for someone else!

Kind regards,
Tom