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This looks like a great project, and nice to see them supporting OSM. Google gets (rightfully) lauded for offering quite good maps[1] of much of the developing

by joshwd 13y ago

This looks like a great project, and nice to see them supporting OSM. Google gets (rightfully) lauded for offering quite good maps[1] of much of the developing world, but I recently checked out the OSM map[2] of the city I live in (Dakar, Senegal) and it's just as good, if not better. Bing Maps[3], by comparison, thinks there are 2 roads in the entire city. [1]https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d104828!2d-17.3959701!3d14.7291303 https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d104828!... [2]http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/14.7286/-17.4508 http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/14.7286/-17.4508 [3]http://binged.it/1iUjAGi http://binged.it/1iUjAGi

milliams 13y ago
I often use http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?lon=-17.41738&lat=14.73861&zoom=12&num=3&mt0=mapnik&mt1=google-map&mt2=bing-map http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?lon=-17.41738&lat=14.73861&zoo... when comparing between the different map providers.
- joshwd 13y ago
  Wow, great tool, thanks!
- 51Cards 13y ago
  Of the three initial examples, only Bing marked the Atlantic Ocean. At least they had that detail. (though they do have a road running right through the airport... win some, lose some)
  - saraid216 13y ago
    > Of the three initial examples, only Bing marked the Atlantic Ocean. Start zooming out. At one tick out, none of the maps mark the Atlantic Ocean. Because the label isn't in the viewport.
    - chatman 13y ago
      Perhaps you didn't get the sarcasm. ;-)
      - saraid216 13y ago
        I'll just start assuming everything people say on HN is sarcasm.
- ToastyMallows 13y ago
  Wow this is awesome. Thanks for sharing!