Comments on: The News (& Maps!) Revolution

By: Jack Kittle

Jack Kittle — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:25 +0000

looks good in OSM – see http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=33.76135&lon=-84.29404&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF

By: Left Wing

Left Wing — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:48 +0000

East Benson Street. Says it cuts through to Candler.

By: karass

karass — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:01:26 +0000

It’s not just google and mapquest but all of those GPS thingamajiggies that people mount on their dashboard and use instead of hard copy maps. My parents have one and those devices are amazing. They once got around a traffic jam on I-75 near McDonough and got to Decatur via dirt roads and all sorts of amazing detours that worked. I’m imagining that people are following one of those devices faithfully, while a robovoice says “turn left on Oakview” and the screen shows a little car doing so, and then end up on the dead end in total confusion.

By: Jack Kittle

Jack Kittle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:40:39 +0000

Left Wing: If you post the name of your street and which end has the dead end, I’ll be glad to check on it in OpenStreetMap and make an update if needed.

By: Left Wing

Left Wing — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:07 +0000

I can vouch for the inaccuracies on maps like google and mapquest. We lived on a dead end street in oakhurst and the maps had it cutting through to another street. We would see people drive down our street, with their hands up and saying things like “WTF?” alll the time. It got to be a pretty fun occurrence.