[OSM-talk] We Need to Stop Google's Exploitation of Open Communities

[Ian Dees]

Also relevant to this discussion (although not directly related to Mikel's
post):

Ed Parsons talks about the difference between OSM and MapMaker at minute 39
of this recording http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13672861 (incidentally this
set of videos is also where someone from Google mentioned GMM coming to the
US "soon")

-Ian

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Mikel <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yup there's several examples of negotiating similar compromises, all for
> naught; among other stories of dastardly deeds. Happy to collect these into
> a follow up post.
>
> Mikel on the phone
>
> On Apr 11, 2011, at 13:18, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This was *directly* proposed to Google for a specific country (details
> have to remain private for now). It was even proposed to collect data
> into a neutral database and 'publish' it into both MM and OSM ... they
> said flat out they were "not interested". It occurs to me that they
> simply want to own the data if they are going to participate in this
> kind of thing. So, 'sharing' is a non-starter.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
> Could we perhaps work together with Google by organizing joint mapping
> parties
> where the resulting data is added to both maps?
>
> Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and as with other pseudo-free
> map
> projects like People's Map, we should take this as a vindication of the OSM
> approach.  I can appreciate that it really sucks when they copy ideas and
> claim
> the credit for them.
>
> --
> Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>
>
>
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