[OSM-talk] Internet cable map
SteveC
steve at asklater.com
Mon Oct 17 18:45:41 BST 2011
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html
On 10/17/2011 10:40 AM, yvecai wrote:
> As far as I know, submarine data cables are highly strategic. You can
> see on the map linked they are only few of them but carrying 99% of
> the information between continents.
> I am certain it would be pretty hard to guess their position, so even
> Janko proposal may be hard to achieve, unless you tag the 'Apollo'
> cable ends at the Lannion (F) and and Shirley (NY) townhall.
> Yves
>
> On 17. 10. 11 15:36, Janko Mihelic' wrote:
>> I think only cable starts and ends should be mapped, and tagged in a
>> standardised way. If that is all we have, that is all we should map.
>> Then cable starts and ends could be put in a relation with a name,
>> number and tags like that.
>>
>> Janko
>>
>> 2011/10/17 Matthias Meißer <digi_c at arcor.de <mailto:digi_c at arcor.de>>
>>
>> Am 17.10.2011 <tel:17.10.2011> 13:39, schrieb Pierre-Alain Dorange:
>>
>> Matthias Meißer<digi_c at arcor.de <mailto:digi_c at arcor.de>> wrote:
>>
>> Looks like a wonderful resource :)
>> Maybe you could get in contact with user:Bahnpirat that
>> does a lot of
>> work concerning Powerlines, so I guess he is interested
>> in communication
>> lines, too.
>>
>> Just means that this is authentic and so just give it try :)
>>
>>
>> Do you dare to contact that company, Pierre? Would be great!
>>
>>
>> I can try to contact this company, but my english is medium
>> (i'm french
>> speaker).
>> But Toby is probably right, the only real (acurate)
>> geographical dat is
>> start and end point of this cables.
>>
>> Yes of course, but isn't this the principle of OSM? Start with
>> something raw and improve it step by step :D
>>
>> cya
>> Matthias
>>
>>
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