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

[Erik Johansson]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Bernhard Zwischenbrugger wrote:
>>
>> Where can I access the OSM data?
>>
>> I know it is possible to download the hole planet, setup a database,...
>> but that's not an easy task.
>
> Not easy, but possible, and done by literally hundreds of people all over
> the world.


I would place downloading the planet on the same level as compiling a
kernel. Not really hard, but something most Ubuntu users are scared of
doing.

/Erik