[OSM-talk] Buenos Aires has it licked - open source mapping story

[Peter Miller]

"Open Sauce, government-run map site canes Google's - Buenos Aires has it
licked

 

"SEARCH GIANT Google might have its Latin American regional
<http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/04/16/google-goes-to-argen
tina>  HQ in Buenos Aires, but when it comes to Google Maps, the city looks
like a big parking lot.

A government-run map
<http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/04/16/google-goes-to-argen
tina>  site built on open source software is one of the best kept secrets of
this city and beats Google's hands down.

While Google spent time and money to bring Vinton Cerf to do a brilliant
<http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/08/28/home-broadband-custo
mers-are-crippled-vint-cerf-reckons>  speech in Buenos
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=buenos+aires&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=k&ll=-34.59
7042,-58.359375&spn=49.909557,164.53125&z=3&iwloc=addr>  Aires, extending
Google Map to cover this humongous city doesn't seem to be a high priority
for the firm.

 

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/30/government-run-map-si
te-beat

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

PeterIto

 

 

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