[OSM-talk] Crowdfunding for OpenStreetMap in Bénin : 275km² high resolution satellite imagery for Cotonou by 1-May 2016!

[Christoph Hormann]

On Monday 25 April 2016, nicolas chavent wrote:
> This is an easy mean to make a big difference and have a huge
> OpenStreetMap and opendata impact in Cotonou and Benin [...]

You are not seriously suggesting that paying a proprietary data vendor 
for a likely restrictive license to use some imagery for mapping in OSM 
is in support of the idea of open data?

If there is acute need for better imagery in a certain area and classic 
mapping on the ground is not a reasonable alternative (why is that?) i 
would suggest to approach satellite image providers if they can offer 
help - you can see there have already been reactions in that direction.

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Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/