[OSM-talk] Google Maps comparison

[Ted Mielczarek]

On a related note, I was comparing Google's coverage of parts of my
town to my recently surveyed areas, since there are some new housing
developments (not on Google's map).  I used the map comparison tool
Dair used here[1], and consequently remembered that Google serves
different data (TeleAtlas) via their maps API than they do on their
maps site (NavTeq)[2].  Just something to keep in mind when comparing
map coverage!  I found that for my area, the TeleAtlas data actually
seemed to be slightly more up-to-date, but still had quite a few
errors.

Regards,
-Ted

References:
[1]: http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemap&mt1=tah&lat=40.68533790964558&lon=-75.47396487163901&z=16
[2]: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.684185,-75.473049&spn=0.007908,0.017917&z=16&om=1