Comments on: Dragons provide mapping incentive http://lachlan.rogers.name/2007/10/dragons-provide-mapping-incentive/ An online home Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:44:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Robert Lee,PLS#7642 CA http://lachlan.rogers.name/2007/10/dragons-provide-mapping-incentive/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Robert Lee,PLS#7642 CA Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:15:15 +0000 http://lachlan.rogers.name/wordpress/?p=84#comment-80 Now that I have looked at your maps I see what you mean. Should noth have popped off foolishly w/o checking it first. Now that I have looked at your maps I see what you mean. Should noth have popped off foolishly w/o checking it first.

]]> By: Gregory Marler http://lachlan.rogers.name/2007/10/dragons-provide-mapping-incentive/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Gregory Marler Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:45:38 +0000 http://lachlan.rogers.name/wordpress/?p=84#comment-79 Well I've managed to live and move around without using other maps. I've got eyes and some common sense. Robert Lee also <a href="http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2007/09/the-background#comments" rel="nofollow">commented on one of the first blog posts of Living with Dragons</a>. Well I’ve managed to live and move around without using other maps. I’ve got eyes and some common sense.

Robert Lee also commented on one of the first blog posts of Living with Dragons.

]]> By: Luke Webster http://lachlan.rogers.name/2007/10/dragons-provide-mapping-incentive/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Luke Webster Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:36:43 +0000 http://lachlan.rogers.name/wordpress/?p=84#comment-78 In any case we're talking about street maps here not topographical charts of the Himalayas. No one climbing Everest is going to run into hazards as a result of OSM. The most dangerous an incorrect street map gets is when you get lost and swear for a bit. It's refreshing to see the amateur vs professional struggle in something other than digital format. I'm quite interested in how it turns out. In any case we’re talking about street maps here not topographical charts of the Himalayas. No one climbing Everest is going to run into hazards as a result of OSM. The most dangerous an incorrect street map gets is when you get lost and swear for a bit.

It’s refreshing to see the amateur vs professional struggle in something other than digital format. I’m quite interested in how it turns out.

]]> By: Lachlan http://lachlan.rogers.name/2007/10/dragons-provide-mapping-incentive/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Lachlan Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:55:29 +0000 http://lachlan.rogers.name/wordpress/?p=84#comment-77 Robert, Do you mean that an error-filled OpenStreetMap might be even worse than no map at all? Its certainly true that no map is perfect, but a <a href="http://www.refnum.com/osm/gmaps.html" rel="nofollow">recent analysis has shown that OSM can be even more reliable</a> than the popular Google maps. Of course, the largest "error" in OSM at the moment is still the blank spaces that have not yet been mapped. The point is, however, that anyone can fix things in OSM - what can you do when Google maps are full of errors? Robert,
Do you mean that an error-filled OpenStreetMap might be even worse than no map at all? Its certainly true that no map is perfect, but a recent analysis has shown that OSM can be even more reliable than the popular Google maps.

Of course, the largest “error” in OSM at the moment is still the blank spaces that have not yet been mapped. The point is, however, that anyone can fix things in OSM – what can you do when Google maps are full of errors?

]]> By: Robert Lee,PLS#7642 CA http://lachlan.rogers.name/2007/10/dragons-provide-mapping-incentive/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Robert Lee,PLS#7642 CA Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:06:44 +0000 http://lachlan.rogers.name/wordpress/?p=84#comment-76 So what makes you so sure your junk is correct and not a hazard to folks? So what makes you so sure your junk is correct and not a hazard to folks?

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