[OSM-talk] open.mapquest.com launched for the US

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:22:15 +0800
Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with David, that this shows a view of the world which is
> > distorted, ignoring Asia where most humans actually reside, and
> > ignoring Africa at the same time.
> > A useful thing would be an honest comparison of what is available
> > through Mapquest through their original sources of data, and what is
> > available if Mapquest uses OSM.
> 
> Liz and David,
> 
> Mapquest does use the whole world's data in their Open Mapquest sites.
> They just roll out country-specific sites to provide proper
> localization. But all of the world's data is available on any of their
> Open websites.
> 
> In fact, I can go to any of the Open websites, scroll over to my
> country, and get driving directions:
> http://open.mapquest.com/link/8-Ua19
> 
> In addition, since they don't have data for my country from other
> providers, they show OSM data instead in their main (non-Open)
> website, though only as tiles.
> 
> Eugene

Thanks Eugene, that's very interesting, and a far different slant than
that provided by emails announcing specific sites for specific areas.
I can't check it properly at present as my internet is flaky since we
had rain (and some flooding) but will do so later.