[Talk-ca] Google Map Maker now in Canada

simon at mungewell.org simon at mungewell.org
Mon Oct 24 17:36:53 BST 2011


> Why would anyone contribute their local mapping knowledge to the closed
> system of a billion dollar company (Google) when they can support the free
> and open mapping system of OSM instead?

Personally I license my GPS tracks (that I upload to OSM) as public
domain. I see no reason why the petrol 'spent' collecting them should not
be used in as many ways as possible.

However I don't have the desire to contribute my 'processing' time to
Google maps, if others want to use my tracks I'm OK with that.
Simon.





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