[Phpug] Fwd: [ILUG] OpenStreetMap - putting Drogheda on the map, next weekend

[Andrew Madigan]

Hi Christian

I hadn't meant any offence, or to diminish the excellent work the OSM does.
It was merely a humorous (I thought) observation. Will keep them to myself
in future.

/A


On 19/08/2008, Christian van den Bosch <cjb at cjb.ie> wrote:
>
> Andrew Madigan wrote:
>
>> Interesting idea, but I have to admit I spent longer on the floor laughing
>> at the terrible terrible map linked from the post than reading it.
>>
>> Irony: success
>>
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> It's always good to have a sense of humour :)
>
> More seriously, "terrible terrible maps" such as the one you mention
> (caused by a lack of good, free mapping) are precisely why OSM exists.
>
> Currently, Drogheda is almost completely unmapped on OpenStreetMap - note
> the reference in the post to "breaking new ground" with mapping parties such
> as this - and hence why we link to a pre-existing non-OSM webpage giving
> good directions to the mapping party venue.
>
> Look at http://www.openstreetmap.org/ to see what OpenStreetMap can
> achieve - in particular, look at heavily-mapped places such as the Isle of
> Wight and the Isle of Man (which OSM has mapped in more detail in a few days
> of concerted effort than many competing services), Dublin, London, and
> elsewhere. Looking at Dublin just now, I see that OpenStreetMap shows Luas
> lines, pubs, churches, museums, historic buildings, and car parks, where
> other online mapping services may not.
>
> It's also worth noting that OpenStreetMap is not just about street maps;
> there also exist separately-rendered cycle maps (urban and rural), train
> route maps (historic and current), canal maps (historic and current), all
> rendered from different subsets of the same data - this sort of thing cannot
> be done with other "free" map data available from other providers without
> breaking their terms of use.
>
> For a better idea of what to expect at a mapping party, you might find the
> short article at http://www.linux.com/feature/145136 enlightening; I hope
> this serves to make the idea interesting enough for you to come and have a
> look at what we're doing, or maybe even join in! Plug a lat/lon of
> 53.7165,-6.3506 into a mapping engine of your choice to see approximately
> where we'll be on Saturday and Sunday.
>
> Best,
>
> Christian
>