On 8 Apr 2008, at 17:23, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >> What? Geonames allows you to move and edit data which is overlaid >> onto a Google Map. Go to http://www.geonames.org/maps/cities.html >> and >> click on a city. > > You're right, there's a "move" link there which I had overlooked. > Nonetheless, apart from the geo location of the city I get tons of > other > info that could not possibly come from Google... > >>> I understand a certain desire to say "we are cooler than <other >>> mapping >>> project>" but we should make an attempt to do so without slander. >>> As you >>> know there are ways and tools to create OSM data that is derived >>> from Google >>> Earth or Google Maps, >> >> Like what? No-one should be entering data into OSM that is derived >> from a proprietary source. > > I know that nobody should, and I won't give you a run-down of ways for > people to do it nonetheless. I'm just saying that if someone was > bent on > demonstrating how easy Google data could find its way into OSM, then > he > wouldn't have to work very hard.
*cough* http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemap&mt1=mapnik&lon=-0.343705&lat=39.48158&z=17 *cough* Best Steve _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk