[OSM-talk] Comparing Google and OSM

Paul mylists at wilsononline.id.au
Sat Oct 20 08:59:05 BST 2007


On 20/10/2007 8:49 AM, Thomas Wood wrote:
> I've put together an OpenLayers page which overlays the Google Hybrid
> transparent map layer over the top of OSM Mapnik/Osmarender.
> I hope this will assist some with the comparison of OSM completeness etc.
> 
> It's been tested under FF2, Opera, Safari (on windows), and IE7. It
> does not function with IE6 due to the alpha transparency of the png
> that I use to dim the background with.
> 
> http://ge.pythonmoo.co.uk/maps/osm-ghyb.htm
> 
> Example of London:
> http://ge.pythonmoo.co.uk/maps/osm-ghyb.htm?zoom=6&lat=6770485.07813&lon=29351.8125&layers=TB0
> 
> Thanks to Christopher Schmidt for an OpenLayers patch to allow Google
> to use custom layers, allowing me to publish this tool without
> breaking the Google Terms of Use.
> 
> Hope this is of use.

Just curious is the tile set you are using updated weekly etc.. as I can see some missing 
tiles near the work I'm doing in Orange, NSW , Aust.

Also Permlink doesn't seem to work, but this is a good benchmark view thanks

Paul




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