Waze seems to be a good project.<br>But based on the wrong data, so its not available for the worldwide community.<br>Only for the Israelis that are not paying soooo much for software :)<br><br>I cant understand why this Ehud Shabtai going this way.<br>
<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/8 Moshe Sayag <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msayag@gmail.com">msayag@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The map is growing pretty fast.<br>
A year or so ago It was almost empty and today most of the main roads<br>
are drawn and some cities are almost fully covered.<br>
As far as I can tell, the size of the community is still small but I<br>
hope we are getting closer and closer to the critical mass of data,<br>
when it becomes useful enough for "regular" people, gaining popularity<br>
and attracting more contributors.<br>
<br>
Until then, I'll keep record and tag my tracks, and drive the longer<br>
ways, if they are not yet mapped :)<br>
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On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Mikel Maron <<a href="mailto:mikel_maron@yahoo.com">mikel_maron@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Oh well, figured something like that. Guess we know what model is going to be sustainable!<br>
><br>
> Btw, looks like the Israel map has been growing rapidly. What's the current state of things? Possibly on track to finish soon?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ----- Original Message ----<br>
> From: Moshe Sayag <<a href="mailto:msayag@gmail.com">msayag@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: Mikel Maron <<a href="mailto:mikel_maron@yahoo.com">mikel_maron@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:talk-il@openstreetmap.org">talk-il@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 4:52:43 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [Talk-il] Waze?<br>
><br>
> Waze is related to Ehud Shabtai (I think he's the CTO), who is the<br>
> owner/manager of <a href="http://freemap.co.il" target="_blank">freemap.co.il</a>, and Waze is based on the geo-data that<br>
> was collected in freemap.<br>
> The problem is that the data is collected and contributed by the<br>
> public and the generated map is free, but not the row data behind it.<br>
> In short, the maps are "driver generated" but are not "shared" and<br>
> definitely not "driver owned".<br>
><br>
> We had long discussions about it before, here and at the freemap<br>
> forum. Ehud refused to open the data so I refused to donate mine.<br>
><br>
> These 2 projects are running in parallel due to licenses mismatch, and<br>
> will stay so as long as freemap/maze is not really free.<br>
><br>
> Moshe<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Mikel Maron <<a href="mailto:mikel_maron@yahoo.com">mikel_maron@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Waze is an Israeli company "building the world's first driver generated live maps and real-time<br>
>> "road intelligence" platform to enable drivers to share and consume<br>
>> real-time road intelligence".<br>
>><br>
>> There collecting GPS traces from drivers, making maps. Wonder about the possibilities for cooperation with OpenStreetMap.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyone interested in making an inquiry?<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.waze.com/" target="_blank">http://www.waze.com/</a><br>
>> <a href="http://www.waze.co.il" target="_blank">http://www.waze.co.il</a><br>
>><br>
>> Best<br>
>> Mikel<br>
>><br>
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