[OSM-talk] Google Maps v.s. OSM routing in Berlin

[Peteris Krisjanis]

2009/9/18 Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk>:
> Jonathan Bennett wrote:
>> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>>> Why doesn't OSM ever tell me to take a 270 degree turn into oncoming
>>> traffic on a 6-lane highway and get onto the motorway_link on the
>>> other side?
>>>
>>
>> OSM also never tells you to turn 180 degrees across a motorway central
>> reservation, then drive off the side of a bridge and fall to the road 15
>> metres below:
>>
>> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Glasgow+Airport,+Abbotsinch,+Paisley,+Renfrewshire,+UK&daddr=Glasgow+Central+station&geocode=&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=55.85277,-4.26733&sspn=0.015273,0.029011&ie=UTF8&ll=55.855793,-4.268575&spn=0.007636,0.014505&t=h&z=16
>
> Me thinks it is time for a hall of shame on the OSM site, with links
> like this and hopefully the correct solution on OSM?
>

I don't really think plastering commercial offerings as glitchy is
good idea PR and generally wise. Let's make sure OSM doesn't have such
errors better.

Cheers,
Peter.