Comments on: Mapping it right http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/ Start-ups, Maps and Local Search in New Zealand Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:24:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jimmy http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-719 Jimmy Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:34:00 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-719 Very minor change in Brooklyn, Wellingtown - There is a walkway from Bell Rd to Dorking Rd that doesn't show on your maps. If you zoom right in on Dorking Rd (Brooklyn) you can see a gap between two sections (directly above the "g"). The walkway goes down there then meets Bell Rd in the bend just above the walkway that then connects to Bidwill st. Pedantic I know, but as my only method of getting anywhere is to walk its nice to have shortcuts on maps! Very minor change in Brooklyn, Wellingtown - There is a walkway from Bell Rd to Dorking Rd that doesn’t show on your maps. If you zoom right in on Dorking Rd (Brooklyn) you can see a gap between two sections (directly above the “g”). The walkway goes down there then meets Bell Rd in the bend just above the walkway that then connects to Bidwill st.

Pedantic I know, but as my only method of getting anywhere is to walk its nice to have shortcuts on maps!

]]> By: thomas http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-718 thomas Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:51:58 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-718 Also the Mackays Crossing overbridge + minor realignment of the road north of Paekakariki has been finished for a while now. Also the Mackays Crossing overbridge + minor realignment of the road north of Paekakariki has been finished for a while now.

]]> By: thomas http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-717 thomas Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:50:08 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-717 SH2 near petone has stuff shown on the map which hasn't even started construction yet. SH2 near petone has stuff shown on the map which hasn’t even started construction yet.

]]> By: Thomas http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-716 Thomas Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:03:53 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-716 It's minor, but Tiro Street in Karori should be shown in two halves - although the halves come quite close to meeting, you can't actually drive through. The little unnamed branch to the south is actually a private driveway, and the base of that is about where the two halves don't connect. You can walk through, although calling it a path might be glorifying it a little - it isn't an official, engineered walkway. http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/index&type=ADDRESS&q=Tiro%20Street%2C%20Karori%2C%20Wellington&id=146%3A2a0%3A11a0%3A%3A It’s minor, but Tiro Street in Karori should be shown in two halves - although the halves come quite close to meeting, you can’t actually drive through. The little unnamed branch to the south is actually a private driveway, and the base of that is about where the two halves don’t connect. You can walk through, although calling it a path might be glorifying it a little - it isn’t an official, engineered walkway.

http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/index&type=ADDRESS&q=Tiro%20Street%2C%20Karori%2C%20Wellington&id=146%3A2a0%3A11a0%3A%3A

]]> By: tom http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-714 tom Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:47:56 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-714 Pedantic is good! I think that's the entrance to the blood bank, so maybe that's the way they lure in unsuspecting punters before draining their veins ;-) There are some strange little culs-de-sac and driveways around the Hospital, but this one certainly looks like it shouldn't be one-way. Thanks for the tip! Pedantic is good! I think that’s the entrance to the blood bank, so maybe that’s the way they lure in unsuspecting punters before draining their veins ;-)

There are some strange little culs-de-sac and driveways around the Hospital, but this one certainly looks like it shouldn’t be one-way. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: A http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-712 A Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:54:12 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/07/03/mapping-it-right/#comment-712 In the future I'd think twice before giving me an invitation to be a pedantic cartographic nit-picker! Given that, I'd best take advantage of this opportunity: While I'm not (yet) a resident of Wellington and therefore cannot definitively say that the map is inaccurate, the little one-way cul-de-sac off Hospital Rd. in Mt. Cook would appear to be an unfortunate street to turn onto. Zoom-in to: http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/index&type=ADDRESS&q=Hospital%20Road%2C%20Mt%20Cook%2C%20Wellington&id=146%3A420%3A2a0%3A%3A (<a href="http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/index&type=ADDRESS&q=Hospital%20Road%2C%20Mt%20Cook%2C%20Wellington&id=146%3A420%3A2a0%3A%3A" rel="nofollow">link</a>) In the future I’d think twice before giving me an invitation to be a pedantic cartographic nit-picker! Given that, I’d best take advantage of this opportunity:

While I’m not (yet) a resident of Wellington and therefore cannot definitively say that the map is inaccurate, the little one-way cul-de-sac off Hospital Rd. in Mt. Cook would appear to be an unfortunate street to turn onto. Zoom-in to:

http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/index&type=ADDRESS&q=Hospital%20Road%2C%20Mt%20Cook%2C%20Wellington&id=146%3A420%3A2a0%3A%3A

(link)

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