[OSM-talk] Bad (wrong?) OSM publicity?

[Grant Slater]

On 26 September 2012 04:19, Daniel Kastl <daniel at georepublic.de> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Jeffrey Warren <jeff at unterbahn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> "OpenStreetMap Japan, a Wikipedia-like service that contains a lot of
>>> incorrect and outdated information."
>>
>>
>> that is really awful. We can't let that kind of statement stand! It
>> affects the credibility of all OSM efforts, and is like the kind of FUD
>> Wikipedia saw early on. Any possibility of getting a retraction? Though
>> really that doesn't even cover it. Some kind of very public rebuttal.
>>
>
> OSMF Japan (the local Japanese chapter) has already contacted the writer as
> well as the interviewed person and I think there will be an appropriate
> update/correction of the statement.
>

"Meanwhile, contributors to the crowd-sourced service OpenStreetMap
Japan reacted angrily to suggestions by Mapion, a local Japanese map
provider, that the crowdsourcing may have been behind errors in
Apple’s maps." ....
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/japanese-look-for-alternatives-to-apples-maps/

/ Grant