[OSM-talk] Truth about media hype in Microsoft lending big support and big dollars to OSM ?

[Stefan de Konink]

On 03-04-12 18:18, Pieren wrote:
> Where is the truth here ? Is the "big support and big money" the
> access of Bing aerial imagery ? Is that all ? Who much does it cost to
> Microsoft to allow its aerial imagery usage in OSM ?
> I don't find any answer/facts to these simple questions but many speculations.

I wonder if Microsoft could make an API to OSM in Azure, using ETL and 
Microsoft SQL Server. This could have an enormous impact on rendering 
and XAPI requests.


Stefan