[OSM-talk] Australia has Google Street View!

[Rory McCann]

Joseph Gentle wrote:
> You can see my beautiful city.
> http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=-33.911633,151.24054&spn=0.03298,0.065918&z=15&layer=c&cbll=-33.9172,151.226114&panoid=SF1CU5fcTX8XqlKyXRxwog&cbp=1,123.60785767574839,,0,6.094238783200709
> 
> Good for filling in all the missing street names.

OSM is effectivly providing a competitor to Google with regard to
mapping. I doubt a judge would look to kindly on noting details from
google street view to improve OSM.

*However* this is a great oppertunity for Google to step up and Do The
Right Thing. They should let OSM use it, just like how Yahoo let OSM use
their aerial images. The register went into more details about this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/30/google_streetview_open_street_map/

Rory