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By the way, the commercial maps are also trying to evolve, but in
the direction of the OSM.<br>
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For example, Google introduced Map Maker. It does not work well yet,
if at all (here is the article
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-map-maker-vs-openstreetmap-id-editor/">http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-map-maker-vs-openstreetmap-id-editor/</a>
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I remember e-encyclopedias before Wikipedia. For example, <i>Encarta</i>.
I read a book about how hard people worked on it, slept in offices,
had a multi-million budget, deadlines, etc. ( <i>I Sing the Body
Electronic: A Year With Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier
Hardcover,</i> October 1, 1995, by Fred Moody). Still the Encarta
is gone. The core principle was wrong. <br>
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Now Wikipedia tries to go further with this principle, tries to
involve even more people into editing. This is the article in French
language about it from September 25, 2014: <i>Wikipédia part à la
recherche des femmes</i> <a
href="http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/Wikipedia-part-a-la-recherche-des-femmes/story/30826273">http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/Wikipedia-part-a-la-recherche-des-femmes/story/30826273</a>
. <br>
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I, personally, like the JOSM editor. In my opinion, it is one of the
best programs in existence. As soon as one learns it, it is a
powerful tool for heavy mapping. I do not use browser editors at all
anymore. I hope it continues to evolve further.<br>
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brgds<br>
Oleksiy<br>
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