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Only tangentially related, but I'm a bit dissapointed by Google Maps: when searching for this tunnel (and the tram line that it doubles as an escape tunnel for)

by rob74 4y ago

Only tangentially related, but I'm a bit dissapointed by Google Maps: when searching for this tunnel (and the tram line that it doubles as an escape tunnel for), all the copyright notices are from 2023, but there is no trace of it to be seen. I was expecting to at least see the construction works (these things usually take years to complete), but nothing. And there's also no "transit" layer for Bergen. Gotta do better than that Google if you want to be seen as "eco-friendly", offering fuel-saving driving alternatives doesn't quite cut it... Bing Maps is a bit better, it shows some early to mid stage construction work - it looks like the area of the tunnel mouth has been cleared, and an overpass has been constructed for a road, but no tracks to be seen anywhere yet. And the imagery is lower-res than Google Maps. And no transit layer either...

mngnt 4y ago
OpenStreetMap's got you covered: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/677727136 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/677727136
- rob74 4y ago
  Sure, I was expecting nothing less from OSM's great community - now we just need some legal way to put aerial imagery on OSM :(
  - mngnt 4y ago
    We're way off topic now, but well. OSM is insistently not focused on a map, but on the data. On this data a lot of other mapping projects can (and are being) built. In central Europe, we have freemap.sk, which combines OSM data, hi-quality aerial imagery - for Slovakia only, these were shot by the government and are licensed in a way that they can be combined with OSM data - resulting in possibilities such as displaying bike paths over super detailed aerial maps. Also check out mapy.cz, they are based on OSM (outside of Czechia) and in some parts of the world can be switched to satellite/aerial imagery with roads overlayed over it.
sushikokk 4y ago
Here you go, the Fyllingsdalen side of the construction work. The opening on the right. https://www.google.com/maps/@60.3477967,5.2923209,3a,75y,120.3h,78.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssQFKZc1ihYmC16ZKsH7ppA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@60.3477967,5.2923209,3a,75y,120...

by rob74 4y ago

mngnt 4y ago

OpenStreetMap's got you covered: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/677727136 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/677727136

rob74 4y ago
Sure, I was expecting nothing less from OSM's great community - now we just need some legal way to put aerial imagery on OSM :(
- mngnt 4y ago
  We're way off topic now, but well. OSM is insistently not focused on a map, but on the data. On this data a lot of other mapping projects can (and are being) built. In central Europe, we have freemap.sk, which combines OSM data, hi-quality aerial imagery - for Slovakia only, these were shot by the government and are licensed in a way that they can be combined with OSM data - resulting in possibilities such as displaying bike paths over super detailed aerial maps. Also check out mapy.cz, they are based on OSM (outside of Czechia) and in some parts of the world can be switched to satellite/aerial imagery with roads overlayed over it.

sushikokk 4y ago

Here you go, the Fyllingsdalen side of the construction work. The opening on the right. https://www.google.com/maps/@60.3477967,5.2923209,3a,75y,120.3h,78.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssQFKZc1ihYmC16ZKsH7ppA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@60.3477967,5.2923209,3a,75y,120...