"Beach resorts in the middle of nowhere consisting of tight neighbourhood of housing estates, according to Overture Maps Foundation data"
*surprised Pikachu face*
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Mohd
"Beach resorts in the middle of nowhere consisting of tight neighbourhood of housing estates, according to Overture Maps Foundation data" *surprised Pikachu face*
Mohd
Mapbox showcased their map product with the Papyrus font. Yes. Papyrus font.
Mohd
The only group of people apparently that have access to Maxar's imagery is likely the Apple Data Team (by any other word, people at Kaart, getting contracted by Apple - my word) - probably Apple paid for the freshest imagery (maybe Kaart has led the way). They're using Maxar's SecureWatch. (Thanks, both? Yeah!)
Mohd
Yikes... there's good data but the bad data (shuttered businesses, misplaced points, dupes) is probably in magnitudes greater than that of good stuff
Mohd
Google Maps is actually adverts placed on a map. Sooooo... Bob's your uncle!
Mohd
Some entities paid for it, but some or more of them are crowd-serfed ... uhm ... *cough* contributed through crowdsourcing. Without exchange of labour! For the greater good! Making Alphabet money from thin air!
Mohd
Also, what's up with "paying Apple for map services"? Yes, one could (see DuckDuckGo) but some news outlets and/or reporters conveniently left out Esri (duh, they're like, getting monies straight from government contracts), and probably Bing (to an extent).
Mohd
Initially it's the Daylight Map Distribution (of Meta). We'll have to see its evolution with time...
Mohd
MapmyIndia's Mappls (map please? IDK) apparently uses OpenStreetMap to display stuff outside their home country (India) - but without attribution π£ Their slippy map unsurprisingly renders residential landuses (looking at you Mapbox) though...
Mohd
Gerrard Street, however, has a Chinese name because it's on a sign put up by the local council (London's Chinatown) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4082553 There's a Japanese translation though - is it necessary? I don't think so. (Thoughts are welcome)
Mohd
Map what you actually like is the best method to avoid mapping burnouts https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/CactiStaccingCrane/diary/401840
Mohd
Ah well... so long and probably thanks for all the fish? At least there's Esri, Bing, Mapbox, etc (don't forget municipals with progressive data sharing policies with respect to OpenStreetMap) DigitalGlobe/Maxar (2016-2023)
Mohd
Oh. 10 years of contributing towards OpenStreetMap and almost 5 years on this instance...
Mohd
2 million GNSS/GPS traces and counting...
CJ Malone
@AkuAnakTimur well isn't that something... I wonder if that's causing any issues on the backend.
Mohd
Ah, download the adjacent area and lose your work...
Mohd
Geographical name conundrum: the narrow strait between Penang island and mainland Peninsular Malaysia Excuse me, since when it bears the name "Penang Strait"?!
Mohd
When I was 10 or something, the Malaysian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire (WWTBAM) even has asked a question about it. This was c.2000 CE. It's no single strait - in fact one WWTBAM question did mention that there's a "North Channel" (Selat Utara) and "South Channel" (Selat Selatan). Of course - relative to the main island. edited Strait to Channel
Mohd
Finally I took a jump, contacting the National Library of Australia (through their "Ask A Librarian" ASPX page, whoa ASPX - you definitely need to turn on the Internet Explorer mode on Edge)... about using out-of-copyright maps of pre-independence Malaysia (were British protectorates/colonies) in their collection; to improve OSM in parts of Malaysia. It was a "yes" but it's Friday night over here and it was a busy week.
Mohd
Tag abuse or known as mapping for the renderer or by any other words, forcing the map to display the desired features when in reality it is something else - is really rampant. Sigh.
Mohd
In Malaysia, some parts of highway is mapped as "under construction" for some purposely built slip roads (ramps) and was intended to be disused until future related highways will connect to these slip roads. π€· The map data is already there (mapped as disused:*= tags), but some other(s) deliberately changed these certain slips roads just to display it on OpenStreetMap.org. Why? Who knows.
Mohd
Planet NICFI is strictly Non Commercial π
Mohd
Whatever this legalese mumbo jumbo is... stay away then. https://assets.planet.com/docs/Planet_ParticipantLicenseAgreement_NICFI.pdf
Mohd
I know it's been ages I've been away from almost all sorts of social media (including the fediverse! blame the cold) but... a relation of a lengthy bus route?! Dear me, I should have mapped one too (the Kuala Lumpur to Alor Setar bus route, ~450km) https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/b-unicycling/diary/401096
Mohd
This was the time when (diesel) trains were slower than anything on the road. Now if I have to get to Kuala Lumpur... it's definitely electric trains! Choo choooooooooooooo!
Mohd
Got just this day to take a break off serious work IRL... and I saw a seasoned contributor added nearly 4000 bus stops (IT'S CLEARLY AN IMPORT!) that actually... ummm... needed to be discussed with the community first (and should be allowed first in terms of usage...) π€¦
Mohd
The raw data should be spring-cleaned first rather than AFTER the upload is made π€¦ which simply may or may not include: 1οΈβ£ duplication with existing data and probably many more. Drag & drop, and simply upload just doesn't cut it... that's why (from past experiences) a discussion is needed. Then only when it gets the greenlight from the community, only SANITISED data e.g. can be dragged and dropped into an editor and uploaded. |