[OSM-talk] Google using AND for China coverage

[Ray Booysen]

D Tucny wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I noticed recently that google maps, the english/international version 
> at maps.google.com <http://maps.google.com> has data for China again, 
> it all disappeared some time ago, potentially due to their 
> classification of Taiwan... What I didn't notice until today however 
> is that the copyright info at the bottom shows that one of the sources 
> is AND which I thought was kind of interesting...
>
> Check out 
> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.968701,116.268311&spn=1.852348,5.537109&z=8&om=1 
> <http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.968701,116.268311&spn=1.852348,5.537109&z=8&om=1> 
> to see how Beijing looks...
>
> The data they have there seems pretty old and while they have city 
> locations, the roads don't really give a good idea of what's there 
> today...
>
> For comparison, try google's Chinese version of the map... 
> http://ditu.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hl=zh-CN&f=q&ll=39.968701,116.268311&spn=1.852348,5.537109&z=8&om=1 
> <http://ditu.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hl=zh-CN&f=q&ll=39.968701,116.268311&spn=1.852348,5.537109&z=8&om=1>
>
> or, our very own version...
> http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=39.968701&lon=116.268311&zoom=8&layers=0B00F000 
> <http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=39.968701&lon=116.268311&zoom=8&layers=0B00F000>
>
> d
I've seen Google using quite a bit of AND's data.  Portions of Australia 
are used too.  Seems to depend on the zoom level on data suppliers.

Cheers
Ray