Comments on: OpenStreetMap beats commercial maps http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2008/09/openstreetmap-beats-commercial-maps/ random words.. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Suomen vanhin asukas kuoli | Risto H. Kurppa http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2008/09/openstreetmap-beats-commercial-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Suomen vanhin asukas kuoli | Risto H. Kurppa Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:02:35 +0000 http://www.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=51#comment-359 [...] mielenkiintoinen ja olen Aarnesta jo aikaisemminkin kirjoitellut, hieman eri merkeissä tosin (kts openstreetmap-beats-commercial-maps) joten ajattelin Aarnen pitkää elämää muutamalla lisärivillä [...] [...] mielenkiintoinen ja olen Aarnesta jo aikaisemminkin kirjoitellut, hieman eri merkeissä tosin (kts openstreetmap-beats-commercial-maps) joten ajattelin Aarnen pitkää elämää muutamalla lisärivillä [...]

]]> By: Risto H. Kurppa http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2008/09/openstreetmap-beats-commercial-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Risto H. Kurppa Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:28:20 +0000 http://www.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=51#comment-358 The man after who the street was named now died. He was the last Finn born in the 19th century: http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Suomen+viimeinen+1800-luvulla+syntynyt+kuoli/1135242787027?ref=rss The man after who the street was named now died. He was the last Finn born in the 19th century: http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Suomen+viimeinen+1800-luvulla+syntynyt+kuoli/1135242787027?ref=rss

]]> By: Risto H. Kurppa http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2008/09/openstreetmap-beats-commercial-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Risto H. Kurppa Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:55:07 +0000 http://www.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=51#comment-182 also check http://www.112-magazin.de/index/artikel_3369_1_1_0_6_0_0.html - Navi vertraut: Auf Berg statt im Hotel also check http://www.112-magazin.de/index/artikel_3369_1_1_0_6_0_0.html – Navi vertraut: Auf Berg statt im Hotel

]]> By: dave http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2008/09/openstreetmap-beats-commercial-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-18 dave Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:02:42 +0000 http://www.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=51#comment-18 If the street has been renamed then OpenStreetMap can also record the old name using the 'old_name' tag: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:name Also note that Google seems to just buy their map info from others. A local street to me is listed incorrectly by an old name on their map, yet if you search for the new name it places the red pointer correctly. Just one of the odd side-effects of using restrictively licensed data and not having full control over the service you provide to users. If the street has been renamed then OpenStreetMap can also record the old name using the ‘old_name’ tag:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:name

Also note that Google seems to just buy their map info from others. A local street to me is listed incorrectly by an old name on their map, yet if you search for the new name it places the red pointer correctly. Just one of the odd side-effects of using restrictively licensed data and not having full control over the service you provide to users.

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