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

[Zoran Kovacevic]

Very nice. Any idea what the license to the streetmap data is?

Peter Miller wrote:
> “Open Sauce, government-run map site canes Google's - Buenos Aires has 
> it licked
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> **“SEARCH GIANT** Google might have its Latin American regional HQ 
> <http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/04/16/google-goes-to-argentina> 
> in Buenos Aires, but when it comes to Google Maps, the city looks like a 
> big parking lot.
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> A government-run map site 
> <http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/04/16/google-goes-to-argentina> 
> built on open source software is one of the best kept secrets of this 
> city and beats Google's hands down.
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> While Google spent time and money to bring Vinton Cerf to do a brilliant 
> speech 
> <http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/08/28/home-broadband-customers-are-crippled-vint-cerf-reckons> 
> in Buenos Aires 
> <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=buenos+aires&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=k&ll=-34.597042,-58.359375&spn=49.909557,164.53125&z=3&iwloc=addr>, 
> extending Google Map to cover this humongous city doesn't seem to be a 
> high priority for the firm.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/30/government-run-map-site-beat
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> Regards
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> PeterIto
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