Worst of OSM

May 16

In Oklahoma, 4% of public funds are used for border demarcation. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

In Oklahoma, 4% of public funds are used for border demarcation. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

May 14

Modern German Architecture. Right angles are sooo last century. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

Modern German Architecture. Right angles are sooo last century. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

May 13

Dear OpenStreetMap: We value your geodata, we really do. It is therefore great to see that you’re making multiple backup copies of your coordinate information. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

Dear OpenStreetMap: We value your geodata, we really do. It is therefore great to see that you’re making multiple backup copies of your coordinate information. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

May 12

A reader complained that we at WOO are too focused on roads. Here’s an example where OSM itself might be a little too focused on roads. Do they have road names at all in Brazil? Pro question: Guess why that one road through the center has them white specks!

A reader complained that we at WOO are too focused on roads. Here’s an example where OSM itself might be a little too focused on roads. Do they have road names at all in Brazil? Pro question: Guess why that one road through the center has them white specks!

May 11

A reader pointed out that our previous mention of the Uncompahgre National Forest was unfair - the boundary is indeed Minecraft-y. We’d like to offer this slightly over-noded Italian forest as compensation. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

A reader pointed out that our previous mention of the Uncompahgre National Forest was unfair - the boundary is indeed Minecraft-y. We’d like to offer this slightly over-noded Italian forest as compensation. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

May 10

We find it strange that the WOO site should applaud the dicator of Syria for arranging his mountains in a grid. We are not a dictatorship and we have got quite regular villages too! Yours, Goodluck Jonathan. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

We find it strange that the WOO site should applaud the dicator of Syria for arranging his mountains in a grid. We are not a dictatorship and we have got quite regular villages too! Yours, Goodluck Jonathan. (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

May 08

It was a clever idea: Just draw all the house numbers and make some roads where the most houses are. It would have worked even better if those who made the roads and those who made the house numbers had communicated somehow. Now where’s that Madness song again…

It was a clever idea: Just draw all the house numbers and make some roads where the most houses are. It would have worked even better if those who made the roads and those who made the house numbers had communicated somehow. Now where’s that Madness song again…

May 07

In Lima, you better be good at jumping to get from one street to the next. But then again, as long as the street you want to go to is called S/N, you’ll reach it quickly.  (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

In Lima, you better be good at jumping to get from one street to the next. But then again, as long as the street you want to go to is called S/N, you’ll reach it quickly.  (based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

May 06

Dear OpenStreetMap: Are you sure that this is a map and not a flow chart?

Dear OpenStreetMap: Are you sure that this is a map and not a flow chart?

May 05

Dear OpenStreetMap: Seeing how popular Minecraft is in the US, it really was a stroke of genius to fashion your newest editor after it.

Dear OpenStreetMap: Seeing how popular Minecraft is in the US, it really was a stroke of genius to fashion your newest editor after it.