[OSM-talk] Why place matters, slides from Vanessa Lawrence talk

[J.D. Schmidt]

Jon Burgess skrev:
> On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 00:09 +0000, martin dodge wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just found an interesting set of slides of a talk by Vanessa Lawrence, OS
>> http://www.w3.org/2007/06/eGov-dc/presentations/VL_why_place_matters.pdf
>> with some prominent mentions for OSM. I particularly liked slide 46
>>
> 
> The map in his screenshot must be from quite some time ago. The same
> area of central London now has considerably more data
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.5183&lon=-0.1387&zoom=14&layers=0BFT
> 
> 	Jon

Hey, what do you expect from someone who is used to a 6 month timeframe 
before new features in the landscape has been mapped, processed and 
included in the mastermap ? Of course she included an old rendering, 
most probably from the London Map Party.

And lets for fun just say, that she knew that there was almost complete 
coverage when she prepared the presentation - Why show that, why promote 
something that can achieve the same goals for the user, is more 
adaptable, with far fewer limitations on possible usage, AND has been 
around for longer. Better show something that looks "awfull" compared to 
what they are peddling, and not say anything at all about it being an 
outdated snapshot from way back.
I think this procedure is actually taught at all the major business 
colleges, in the course "F.U.D. 101". Mandatory curriculum if you want 
to work in Marketing for the OS.

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