Don't use Open Street Map

[NE2]

OSM is not always accurate. The abusive liars who ran my former high school used OSM to change the name of the roadway in front of the school to Avenue of Champions. But I changed it to Avenue of Losers, and it wasn't changed back for 5 years.

Wow, they sound like a bunch of losers if they would lie and change the name of a road on an official site just to make themselves look better.   

It's apparently the correct name:

Though the Goog doesn't show that it's signed, so I'm not sure if it belongs on maps.

[bandit957]

OSM is not always accurate. The abusive liars who ran my former high school used OSM to change the name of the roadway in front of the school to Avenue of Champions. But I changed it to Avenue of Losers, and it wasn't changed back for 5 years.

Wow, they sound like a bunch of losers if they would lie and change the name of a road on an official site just to make themselves look better.   

It's apparently the correct name:

Though the Goog doesn't show that it's signed, so I'm not sure if it belongs on maps.

It's actually not the correct name. This is like that town in upstate New York that a mapmaker made up as a copyright trap, and then everyone started copying it. I can't find any action taken by the city that gives the road this name. Also, the map cited here isn't always correct (though it's usually pretty accurate for most things).

[hotdogPi]

that town in upstate New York that a mapmaker made up as a copyright trap, and then everyone started copying it

It became real after it was fictitiously created.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agloe,_New_York

[hbelkins]

OSM is not always accurate. The abusive liars who ran my former high school used OSM to change the name of the roadway in front of the school to Avenue of Champions. But I changed it to Avenue of Losers, and it wasn't changed back for 5 years.

Wow, they sound like a bunch of losers if they would lie and change the name of a road on an official site just to make themselves look better.   

It's apparently the correct name:

Though the Goog doesn't show that it's signed, so I'm not sure if it belongs on maps.

It's actually not the correct name.

http://maps.kytc.ky.gov/photolog/?config=TrafficCounts

Zoom in and you'll see it listed on this official map.

[bandit957]

http://maps.kytc.ky.gov/photolog/?config=TrafficCounts

Zoom in and you'll see it listed on this official map.

This is an Agloe-type situation, only worse. There is no municipal resolution to name this road. School thugs just decided to mark it on OSM one day, and everyone else copied it.

All of this highlights the fact that this school is indeed losers.

[formulanone]

http://maps.kytc.ky.gov/photolog/?config=TrafficCounts

Zoom in and you'll see it listed on this official map.

This is an Agloe-type situation, only worse. There is no municipal resolution to name this road. School thugs just decided to mark it on OSM one day, and everyone else copied it.

All of this highlights the fact that this school is indeed losers.

It's a high school.

You're 44.

Do the math.

[OrangeLantern]

Wikipedia is generally reliable. Most obvious vandalism is reverted within minutes, and most inaccuracies don't stay for long, either. If you really want to see the idiots (to use a word that bugo used) on Wikipedia, visit WP:ANI.

Most legitimate edits are reverted within minutes too. The facts don't stand a chance on Wikipedia anymore, because some screamy little baby with a political agenda always reverts them.

What the hell are you talking about?

[Brandon]

Wikipedia is generally reliable. Most obvious vandalism is reverted within minutes, and most inaccuracies don't stay for long, either. If you really want to see the idiots (to use a word that bugo used) on Wikipedia, visit WP:ANI.

Most legitimate edits are reverted within minutes too. The facts don't stand a chance on Wikipedia anymore, because some screamy little baby with a political agenda always reverts them.

What the hell are you talking about?

I see you've met Bandit.

[hbelkins]

http://maps.kytc.ky.gov/photolog/?config=TrafficCounts

Zoom in and you'll see it listed on this official map.

This is an Agloe-type situation, only worse. There is no municipal resolution to name this road. School thugs just decided to mark it on OSM one day, and everyone else copied it.

Rest assured that the Commonwealth of Kentucky does NOT copy OSM in its mapping.

[UAN51]

As an OSM mapper myself, I can see why people won't use the map:

-TIGER import from 2007 that is super unreliable
-GNIS imports that includes places that don't exist
-editing wars (street name ambiguity, road classification mishandled, etc.)
-fake parks
-editing noobs that don't research on GIS, DOT, and local government websites
-lack of moderation of edits

But, some applications do use OSM such as weather.com, SnapChat's map, Scout GPS, etc.

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

As an OSM mapper myself, I can see why people won't use the map:

-TIGER import from 2007 that is super unreliable
-GNIS imports that includes places that don't exist
-editing wars (street name ambiguity, road classification mishandled, etc.)
-fake parks
-editing noobs that don't research on GIS, DOT, and local government websites
-lack of moderation of edits

But, some applications do use OSM such as weather.com, SnapChat's map, Scout GPS, etc.

Is there something I am missing without using OSM? Like, what's better about it than Google? Is it the frequency of the updates? But, with all of the points you made, those aren't exactly GOOD selling points.

[Thing 342]

As an OSM mapper myself, I can see why people won't use the map:

-TIGER import from 2007 that is super unreliable
-GNIS imports that includes places that don't exist
-editing wars (street name ambiguity, road classification mishandled, etc.)
-fake parks
-editing noobs that don't research on GIS, DOT, and local government websites
-lack of moderation of edits

But, some applications do use OSM such as weather.com, SnapChat's map, Scout GPS, etc.

Is there something I am missing without using OSM? Like, what's better about it than Google? Is it the frequency of the updates? But, with all of the points you made, those aren't exactly GOOD selling points.

Largely the fact that the data isn't proprietary, as opposed to pretty much every other commercial mapping service. The Google Maps API is only free to use until you've reached a certain request limit, and is fairly expensive otherwise. OSM, on the other hand is free and (mostly) free of licensing restrictions (as long as you supply your own hosting).

[UAN51]

As an OSM mapper myself, I can see why people won't use the map:

-TIGER import from 2007 that is super unreliable
-GNIS imports that includes places that don't exist
-editing wars (street name ambiguity, road classification mishandled, etc.)
-fake parks
-editing noobs that don't research on GIS, DOT, and local government websites
-lack of moderation of edits

But, some applications do use OSM such as weather.com, SnapChat's map, Scout GPS, etc.

Is there something I am missing without using OSM? Like, what's better about it than Google? Is it the frequency of the updates? But, with all of the points you made, those aren't exactly GOOD selling points.

I'm not saying why OSM is good. I'm saying why I see people do NOT use OSM.