[OSM-talk] Source of Nokia footpath maps?

[Andy Allan]

Is there anything to say that it'll have footpaths on it? It would be
fairly easy to take teleatlas etc, ignore the oneway tags and call it
"pedestrian-optimised", and few people will notice until they are out
of town. :-)

Cheers,
Andy

On Feb 11, 2008 2:25 PM, Ben Ward <ben at crouchingbadger.com> wrote:
> Someone sent me this link with Nokia launching some old guff about handheld
> navigation on foot.
>
> http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7230686.stm
>
> Which lead me to wonder where the footpath information might be coming from,
> considering all we usually see from Navteq/Teleatlas is roads and branches
> of McDonalds.  As far as I know the only decent footpath mapping in the UK
> (apart from the bits done in OSM ;-) is from Ordnance Survey.  What about
> other countries?
>
> Anyone have further info, or perhaps a less vague article?
>
>
> Ben
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