[OSM-dev] Google Map Maker
SteveC
steve at asklater.com
Tue Jun 24 08:33:57 BST 2008
On 24 Jun 2008, at 00:31, Sjors Provoost wrote:
>> On 23 Jun 2008, at 23:33, SteveC wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=307
>>>
>>>
>>> Google Want to be TeleAtlas
>>> Google have launched MapMaker, a kind of faux OpenStreetMap where
>>> they
>>> own all the data and you're only allowed to map in certain Freedom
>>> Of
>>> Speech Zones.
>
> I'm a little more positive for the moment, see my blog post:
Sorry, why isn't that positive?
> In short, if Google and the OSM community are open for it, there is
> huge potential for collaboration. Google can provide the OpenStreetMap
> community with the massive scalable infrastructure they need and
> OpenStreetMap can provide Google with a community, map making
> experience and great tools.
That's super naive - you think we've never spoken to them? You know Ed
Parsons spoke at SotM 1 right?
Best
Steve
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