[OSM-talk] OSM and shipping disasters

[Aun Johnsen]

I noticed tonight, through the shipping site gcaptain.com, on one of
their articles following the cruise disaster of Costa Concordia off
the coast of Italy, that some news sources use OSM maps to illustrate
the area of the grounding.

On the following page you can compare the look (and maybe a little
detail) difference between Google map, traditional ECDIS (nautical
electronic map display) and OSM of the area around Giglio Porto, where
the cruise liner hit a submerged rock and finally sank.

[0] http://gcaptain.com/cruise-ship-costa-concordia-sinks/?37456