[OSM-talk] OSM Data Used in Upcoming Monopoly Game

[Ed Avis]

Ian Dees <ian.dees <at> gmail.com> writes:

>Check this out: http://blog.monopolycitystreets.com/2009/09/almost-there.html

Hmph, all the news reporting has been 'Google Maps' this and 'Google' that...
I hadn't seen any article mentioning OSM.

Then again, from this screenshot:

<http://ec.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/monopolycitystreetsshot.gif>

it does look like Google Maps, not OSM; compare with

<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.5099&lon=-0.15189&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF>

Perhaps they are using OSM for data, dividing up the world into streets that
players can buy and sell, but rendering the Google Maps tiles underneath.
That seems a bit lame.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>