[OSM-talk] In Germany errors on mapdust

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Tue Jun 19 01:43:26 BST 2012


Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> I regularly see errors posted on mapdust similar to this,
> 
> "I have put in a UK destination in Shrewsbury but the map appears to
> be
> in Germany."
> 
> I have been closing these as they are nothing to do with OSM, but
> anyone
> have any idea why they occur, and why is it always Germany?
> 
> I am seeing them in both Shropshire and Leicestershire, so doubt they
> are posted by the same person.
> 
> Thanks Phil
> 
> 
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At a guess, there is a program bug that is using a constant value as part of the coordinates, rather than what the user entered, and which coincidentally causes the resulting coordinates to point to a location in Germany.

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