[OSM-talk] Can Google use our buildings

[Paul Norman]

On 2013-01-06, at 7:50 PM, Nathan Mixter <nmixter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if OSM could do the same thing. Could we buy as a group a program like Feature Analyst, eCognition or Imagine Objective and add buildings that way? We could combine the buildings with any existing address points available. I checked into it earlier this year and one program was about $2,000. But the money could be quickly raised. I know I would be willing to donate.
> 

I know an import of multispectral imagery derived building outlines was proposed about a year ago and rejected. I imagine other automaticity generated outlines would have the same issues. The imports list should have a more complete discussion of the issues found.