[Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

[Richard Symonds]

Tom: Is there a way to find out where OSM isn't very accurate/complete?

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On 29 May 2012 13:29, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru> wrote:

> On Tue, 29 May 2012 13:23:25 +0100, Tom Morris wrote:
>
>> On 29 May 2012 13:08, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> 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
>
>
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