To anyone reading this, I guess as a newbie, I should have read the guideline first...
I named some street after looking at them in Google...
Anyway, I won't do it again, I promise haha!
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To anyone reading this, I guess as a newbie, I should have read the guideline first...
I named some street after looking at them in Google...
Anyway, I won't do it again, I promise haha!
Discussion
Comment from Alexander Hunziker on 26 June 2011 at 15:19
Maybe as a punishment go to that street by bike and verify it's really called that... Anyway, welcome to the project!
Comment from antoine3001 on 26 June 2011 at 18:19
I deleted the names...
I'll be there next Friday so I'll be able to confirm the names...
Although I won't have Internet to make the changes...
Comment from marscot on 26 June 2011 at 22:08
Yeah slap on the legs ;) I have 3 streets near me that google have named wrong and osm has right.
Comment from Vincent de Phily on 27 June 2011 at 16:21
Even appart from copyright issues, street names in googlemap are wrong more often than not for anything but the main roads. I'm sure it depends on the region of the world, but in my city it's ridiculous. And the national mapping agency is better, but not free from errors either (not even talking about copyright-gotcha intentional mistakes). So go out to check the facts; part of the fun is visiting the area :)
Comment from jutezak on 30 June 2011 at 17:52
Google also has software errors that suddenly label streets differently. And the copyright.
Still it is tempting to make notes, and when the notes are not clear, to verify using another map. But usually I am too lazy for street names, tsssk.