[OSM-talk] free-map coverage (was Nokia Mobile Phone - GPS)

[Nick Whitelegg]

Nick Whitelegg/FT/Solent
11/05/2009 17:46

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>>Sounds useful - but free-map coverage seems to be a bit limited (i.e. 
>>just contours shown most places that I've zoomed in.  Is there any 
>>information on what the coverage actually is?

>It covers the majority of England and Wales, but the areas near London, 
Manchester and Birmingham are >excluded, so as not to overload the server; 
also some eastern and far western areas are excluded (though >these could 
easily be added in). The best coverage is central southern England and 
Oxfordshire/Cotswolds, >plus the M6 corridor north of Birmingham to the 
Scottish border (but excluding Birmingham/Manchester) and >north Wales. 
Much of the Peak District (away from Manchester) is included as well as 
much of the Yorkshire >Dales. I was trying to pick a combination of 
popular outdoor areas and well-mapped areas.

Actually slight amendment to that - it doesn't go as far west as I 
thought. In southern England it goes just west of Bath. So the central 
part of England and Wales, with a western emphasis to the north, sums it 
up.

*However* it will be trivial to add Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, SW Wales 
and East Anglia without overloading the server.

Nick