[OSM-talk] urban surveying speed - can it be estimated as population per hour?

[Jonathan McDowell]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 01:17:12PM +0100, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
 
> If we can get OSM on TomToms or a similar devices that people can take
> with them all the time, they will be able to spot the bits of the map
> that are missing and add them as they are driving around normally. Once
> that happens, I'm sure we will very quickly complete all the roads that
> people actually use, if not all the roads that exist.

Definitely; I had a look around for info on making TomTom maps but it
seems the format is closed and unknown. However I did wonder if gosmore
might be a suitable basis for a lightweight app that could be used in
conjunction with OpenTom to achieve something similar.

J.

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