Worst of OSM

People in the Belgian town of Bellefontaine don’t live in...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:29:00 +0200

People in the Belgian town of Bellefontaine don’t live in houses, but on small rhomboid construction sites. (Those in Rue Montante Roye are too small for humans, and intended for the canine population.)

Klamath National Forest was pretty enough until someone took a...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:39:34 +0200

Klamath National Forest was pretty enough until someone took a pair of scissors, cut it into pieces, and let his cat glue them back in.

Residential fences and hedges? Check. Roads as areas? Check....

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:58:09 +0200

Residential fences and hedges? Check. Roads as areas? Check. Private residential driveways with one parking aisle per side? Check. Private residential driveways as areas? Check. Captain, we’re ready for take-off to Mapper Nirvana!

Indonesians like their residential areas round.

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:35:03 +0200

Indonesians like their residential areas round.

CAUSE SOME PLACES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS. (Reader...

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:41:04 +0200

CAUSE SOME PLACES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS. (Reader submission. Thanks!)

Just in case there was any doubt, this is the Small Isles...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:05:18 +0200

Just in case there was any doubt, this is the Small Isles National Scenic Area.

landuse=forest is for wimps. This is what forests ought to look...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:10:38 +0200

landuse=forest is for wimps. This is what forests ought to look like. (Based on a reader’s submission - thanks!)

This place is a swamp, really.

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:56:50 +0200

This place is a swamp, really.

Come on now, WernerP, you are only doing this to get a mention...

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:54:00 +0200

Come on now, WernerP, you are only doing this to get a mention on WOO.

A reader points out that almost every single housing development...

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:45:21 +0200

A reader points out that almost every single housing development in one part of Salt Lake City is marked up as a hamlet. Could this be the work of an estate agent?

In Oklahoma, 4% of public funds are used for border demarcation....

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:01:08 +0200

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

Modern German Architecture. Right angles are sooo last century....

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:05:16 +0200

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

Dear OpenStreetMap: We value your geodata, we really do. It is...

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:02:22 +0200

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!)

A reader complained that we at WOO are too focused on roads....

Sat, 12 May 2012 14:01:05 +0200

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 pointed out that our previous mention of the...

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:48:58 +0200

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!)

We find it strange that the WOO site should applaud the dicator...

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:31:29 +0200

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!)

It was a clever idea: Just draw all the house numbers and make...

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:01 +0200

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…

In Lima, you better be good at jumping to get from one street to...

Mon, 07 May 2012 11:38:45 +0200

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!)

Dear OpenStreetMap: Are you sure that this is a map and not a...

Sun, 06 May 2012 16:13:20 +0200

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

Dear OpenStreetMap: Seeing how popular Minecraft is in the US,...

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:08:00 +0200

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