<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:30 AM, John Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:delta_foxtrot@yahoo.com">delta_foxtrot@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> gmap people, 'cause Google already knows our map is<br>
> better.<br>
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</div>Maybe in your area, but speaking from experience Australia is very poorly mapped out except for metro areas. There is large areas that look empty but really aren't, there is back roads all over the place, they just haven't been mapped out for the most part.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Sorry, I meant metro areas. ..where in few years the rest of it will be filled in. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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The reasons for the lack of mapping is Australian Government not releasing maps made with public funding, poor resolution sat imagery and lack of people and/or resources to map them out with GPS.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>And yup, inch by inch, meter by meter, the OpenSource Geo movement is CERTAINLY getting stronger. :) <br><br>And were still a baby in growth. August 2008 50,000 users, March 2009 100,000 users.<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap#History">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap#History</a><br>I'm looking forward to seeing New Zealand fully complete. (It looks like it will be done faster than Canada though :( ... with the LINZ data, and other other stuff.<br>
</div></div>And im looking at that list of Potential Resources is getting bigger all the time.<br><br>From 1 person mapping in an area.. it grows exponentially as more people see the value and potential in the map... they add it. :)<br>
<br>I could go on, but that would be even more off topic. .. i'll do so on my journal instead :)<br><br>I look forward to seeing how SOTM 09 goes. Just looking at the <a href="http://www.stateofthemap.org/">http://www.stateofthemap.org/</a> programme, looks like a tonne of great info, which im sure will be exciting for everyone.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Sam Vekemans<br>Across Canada Trails<br><br>P.S. I also want the map completed yesterday :)<br>