[OSM-talk] Residential areas

[Mikel Maron]

> FWIW, I think this whole approach is why Google Maps is so successful.  
> Google has gone through a whole load of processing effort to turn the  
> raw TeleAtlas data into pre-rendered tiles that (a) look pretty and  
> (b) can be served instantly.

Just to note, Google is not processing Navteq/TeleAtlas data directly, 
they license technology from deCarta http://www.decarta.com/