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This looks like a great project, and nice to see them supporting OSM. Google gets (rightfully) lauded for offering quite good maps[1] of much of the developing world, but I recently checked out the OSM map[2] of the city I live in (Dakar, Senegal) and it's just as good, if not better. Bing Maps[3], by comparison, thinks there are 2 roads in the entire city.

[1]https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d104828!...

[2]http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/14.7286/-17.4508

[3]http://binged.it/1iUjAGi



I often use http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?lon=-17.41738&lat=14.73861&zoo... when comparing between the different map providers.


Of the three initial examples, only Bing marked the Atlantic Ocean. At least they had that detail.

(though they do have a road running right through the airport... win some, lose some)


> Of the three initial examples, only Bing marked the Atlantic Ocean.

Start zooming out. At one tick out, none of the maps mark the Atlantic Ocean. Because the label isn't in the viewport.


Perhaps you didn't get the sarcasm. ;-)


I'll just start assuming everything people say on HN is sarcasm.


Wow, great tool, thanks!


Wow this is awesome. Thanks for sharing!




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