<div style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">tom tom is self serving in his comment</div><br> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr" > <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "talk-ph-request@openstreetmap.org" <talk-ph-request@openstreetmap.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:00 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> talk-ph Digest, Vol 46, Issue 19<br> </font> </div> <br>
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threat<BR> (Eugene Alvin Villar)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 01:26:44 +0800<BR>From: Eugene Alvin Villar <<a ymailto="mailto:seav80@gmail.com" href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com">seav80@gmail.com</a>><BR>To: OpenStreetMap Philippines <<a ymailto="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org">talk-ph@openstreetmap.org</a>><BR>Subject: [talk-ph] It seems TomTom has publicly declared OSM as a<BR> threat<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <CAPhqi6Kd81VeLSP0dSKMwrBbfxFkkEa3HLqC98+<a ymailto="mailto:QSkqpYH68mA@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:QSkqpYH68mA@mail.gmail.com">QSkqpYH68mA@mail.gmail.com</a>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252<BR><BR>Here's TomTom's recent article criticizing un-pre-moderated<BR>crowd-sourced mapping (OSM is not named, but it's quite
obvious):<BR>http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/licensing/newsletter/201205/didyouknow/<BR><BR>Here's a slap down reply by Richard Fairhurst (OSMF Board member):<BR>http://www.systemed.net/blog/index.php?post=23<BR><BR>And here's the requisite Slashdot thread:<BR>http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/29/019213/tomtom-flames-openstreetmap<BR><BR>As maning said on Facebook<BR><<a href="https://www.facebook.com/maning.sambale/posts/4174530287009" target=_blank >https://www.facebook.com/maning.sambale/posts/4174530287009</a>>: "First<BR>they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you<BR>win.?<BR><BR>It seems TomTom has left the "ignore you" stage already. :p<BR><BR><BR>----------<BR>Note: TomTom bought Tele Atlas in 2008. Tele Atlas is one of the 2<BR>biggest commercial map data providers in the world. The other is<BR>Navteq, which was bought by Nokia in 2007.<BR><BR>Note 2: As far as I know, Tele Atlas does not have significant data
in<BR>the Philippines.<BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>talk-ph mailing list<BR><a ymailto="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org">talk-ph@openstreetmap.org</a><BR><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph" target=_blank >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph</a><BR><BR><BR>End of talk-ph Digest, Vol 46, Issue 19<BR>***************************************<BR><br><br> </div> </div>