Tom: Is there a way to find out where OSM isn't very accurate/complete? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
On 29 May 2012 13:29, Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2012 13:23:25 +0100, Tom Morris wrote: > >> On 29 May 2012 13:08, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The difference is that Wikipedia is usable in the real world, whereas >>> OSM, for the most part, is not. >>> >>> Yes, TomTom is dying. But it's because of Google, not because of OSM. >>> >>> >> I'd say OSM is beginning to be pretty usable in the real world. It's >> usable for a lot of things where there's not so much commercial >> interest in the map data... >> >> > From my personal experience: Twice per year I travel into middle-size > towns of Russia, usually visiting several of then on a single trip. Google > maps suck badly; Google's Russian counterpart, Yandex Maps, are better, but > they suck as well; TomTom is nonexistent, and OSM had for all places I > visited in 2010 (with one exception - for the record, this was the city of > Tayga, Kemerovo Region in Siberia) reasonably good maps, often with > reliable house numbering. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
