[OSM-talk] Can Google use our data?

[Christian Quest]

2013/1/5 Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch>:
> I suppose the obvious question is: what was -your- source for the building
> outlines? It is a fair assumption that google is simply using the same.
>

It is even more obvious that it is not a plain copy of OSM data as the
roads and building shapes are not the same (buildings more detailed on
Google).

A quick look at the link provided by David makes it quite clear:
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?mt0=mapnik&mt1=googlemap&lon=-2.40376&lat=36.82924&zoom=18

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Christian Quest - OpenStreetMap France - http://openstreetmap.fr/u/cquest