Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-25 Thread Paulius Zaleckas
On 05/25/2010 02:59 AM, Aun Johnsen wrote: Hi, Pointing out specific names on roads around guarapari that have been rendered after I have put them into OSM is about point out all the road names they render. Also seeing that minor connecting roads that i have surveyed are identical in Yahoo

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-25 Thread Ian Dees
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Paulius Zaleckas paulius.zalec...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/25/2010 02:59 AM, Aun Johnsen wrote: Hi, Pointing out specific names on roads around guarapari that have been rendered after I have put them into OSM is about point out all the road names they

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-25 Thread Aun Johnsen
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Paulius Zaleckas paulius.zalec...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/25/2010 02:59 AM, Aun Johnsen wrote: Hi, Pointing out specific names on roads around guarapari that have been rendered after

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-25 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 25 May 2010 15:12, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: From my recollection, Yahoo never had its own data in the same way that Google has its own data. Yahoo has always had the NAVTEQ and TeleAtlas attribution on its road maps base layer (except for the areas where they directly use OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-25 Thread Dave F.
Aun Johnsen wrote: I do not know if they REALLY have copied from OSM or if it is coencidential, but until otherwise proven, I hold a finger on them using OSM data. That is a REALLY stupid statement. Dave F. ___ talk mailing list

[OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Nokia will be the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!'s maps and navigation services http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=472765 Nokia, of course, owns data provider Navteq, which in the grand scheme of things is a rival to OSM. Yahoo! currently offers OSM the

[OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread Aun Johnsen
But if Yahoo is to withdraw the right to trace their satelite images, than their usage of OSM map data can be a breach of the CC-BY-SA copyright on OSM. Yes, Yahoo maps uses OSM data to correct/extend their caverage, at least in certain areas:

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Aun Johnsen wrote: But if Yahoo is to withdraw the right to trace their satelite images, than their usage of OSM map data can be a breach of the CC-BY-SA copyright on OSM. If they did indeed use OSM to fixe their map then CC-BY-SA would extend to their map, not their images, and they

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread Gregory
Can you point out some specific road names that Yahoo have copied from OSM? Following those links to the zoomed out area I am only drawn to roads which are only in Yahoo. If Yahoo are copying OSM then I believe (without having attribution) they are in breach of OSM terms regardless of what they

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread John Smith
On 25 May 2010 06:17, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: Can you point out some specific road names that Yahoo have copied from OSM? Wasn't it Flickr doing the copying? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread Aun Johnsen
Hi, Pointing out specific names on roads around guarapari that have been rendered after I have put them into OSM is about point out all the road names they render. Also seeing that minor connecting roads that i have surveyed are identical in Yahoo and OSM while some major roads I havn't surveyed

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread Ian Dees
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 6:49 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: On 25 May 2010 06:17, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: Can you point out some specific road names that Yahoo have copied from OSM? Wasn't it Flickr doing the copying? There have been several cases where

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo Maps to be provided by Nokia

2010-05-24 Thread John Smith
I just got round to reading the blog/PR post about it, they said: Nokia will be the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!’s maps and navigation services, integrating Ovi Maps across Yahoo! properties, branded as “powered by Ovi.” Doesn't sound like yahoo will be retaining any of their existing