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I live near Bristol, VA/TN.  A dam was built on the Virginia side
(just northwest of Exit 7 on I-81) but the lake never filled; I'm not
sure why, have heard that the ground leaked (limestone soils/karst
topography).  Regardless, the Google map depicts the lake that's
never been there!

On Nov 14, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Peter Fogg wrote:

> Sounds like a great idea, but in practice...
>
> The first attached pic is Google's version of Hungerford and
> surrounds.
> The second is Open's.
>
> Incidentally, while the Google map shows lakes everywhere - almost
> looks like a map of Finland - they are usually bone dry.  However,
> over the last few months many years of drought have been followed
> by lots of rain and at least some of those lakes may exist, hence
> Farrelly's quest to see pelicans breeding, possibly to the north of
> Hungerford.
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Wolfgang Hasper
>  wrote:
> Tom wrote.
>
> > Just before I got this message I was going to
> > write... "We need a Wikki maps initiative."  Great
> > minds think alike.  Crowd sourcing has powerful
> > implications.
>
>
> It exists
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/
>
> and it also has a branch for nautical charts.
> http://www.openseamap.org/
>
> whether this is reasonable is another discussion...
>
> regards
> Wolfgang
>
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