[OSM-talk] Can Google use our buildings

[Paul Johnson]

Not necessarily.  Urban blind people probably want to know where there's
likely to be a wall.


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com> wrote:

>
> Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> writes:
>
> > Why do you want to see outlines autogenerated from aerial imagery, you
> > could just look at the aerial imagery?
>
> That's not true.  For example, when converting to garmin format,
> buildings render with very few bits, and let you know developed vs
> undeveloped areas.  Imagery is too big to carry around (and I don't
> think bing lets people download for offline use), and too detailed to
> look at while driving.
>
> This could be an urban vs rural thing.  Cities are basically full of
> buildings, and any non-building area is notable and worthy of denoting
> on the map.  In semi-rural or rural areas, there are large chunks of
> just forest (sometimes with roads), and it's there that I find knowing
> where buildings are to be very useful.
>
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