[talk-au] Google Map Maker update - releases Africa

[Roy Wallace]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:23 PM, John Smith<delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Tue, 18/8/09, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From Map Maker, Google has made the "entire dataset of
>> Africa fully
>> available for download by non-profits, government agencies
>> and
>> individuals to create and enhance their own non-commercial
>> map-related
>> projects".
>
> OSM doesn't limit commercial use, so I'm not sure how it could be of use.

Yeah I know, just thought it interesting to keep an eye on what the
"competition" is doing.