OpenStreetMap
not mapping Liverpool
Posted by Harry Wood on 22 February 2009 in English. Last updated on 24 February 2009.I went to Liverpool for the weekend. This was a sight-seeing weekend away with the girlfriend, so I'd ruled out any mapping.
But before going, I did check on the mapping progress, comparing with yahoo imagery, and I couldn't resist an hour or so of sketching in streets. These were all to the North of the town centre. Now showing up nicely on the live nonames map. So that's the streets which need surveying now if you live nearby. For the armchair mappers, the unsketched streets need extending outwards into Liverpool's suburbs to the North and East.
The mapping which I could have done from observations while walking around (if I had known) would've been to put in some more details in the city centre here where the yahoo aerial imagery doesn't show the spectacular newly constructed retail landscape. There's pedestrian walkways at multiple levels, and steps to get up and down between them, so that's quite a complicated bit of details for someone in Liverpool to tackle!
Update: I should of course mention that the mapping progress so far in Liverpool is pretty awesome. It's always amazing to see maps coming together, but Liverpool's reached that sweet spot where you're able to use a printout from OpenStreetMap for getting around and seeing the sights. What's more I notice that if I'd taken the same printout from google maps I would've had a much less clear view of the shape of the docks, and that the big Queensway road is in fact a tunnel!
Discussion
Comment from mcknut on 24 February 2009 at 09:18
I'm a little disappointed you haven't made one mentioned of what existing coverage there was, only what's missing. There's definitely a lot to be done in the North, and certainly bits that need polishing in the center, but there's also loads that has been covered both in the city centre and towards the south of the city.
Comment from Harry Wood on 24 February 2009 at 10:07
You're right of course. If it seemed like I was complaining about stuff being missing, that wasn't my intention. Shaun was telling me you live South of Liverpool, hence the spectacular progress on that side of the city!
I also spent new year in a place called Hellsby, nearby to the South of the Mersey. Quite a rural place. I was amazed to find there was bugger all mapping left to do there!