[OSM-talk] TomTom is thumping us

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net
Tue May 29 09:22:40 BST 2012


Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> Whatever. I've certainly seen "footpaths classified as roads" in
> commercial 
> online maps for instance.

It's basically a misreading of how OSM data works. Essentially they're
saying that the fact we use the "highway=track" tag means "OMG OSM
MISCLASSIFIES FOREST TRACKS AS HIGHWAYS". *facepalm*

I've written a bit more about it at
http://www.systemeD.net/blog/index.php?post=23

cheers
Richard



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