On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:41:16 +0100 Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marcin Juszkiewicz ha scritto: > > > "Automotive Navigation Data (AND) is a leading provider of > > location, routing, mapping and address management are donating a > > street network of the entire Netherlands. Yes, an entire country." > > > > It was not done by community but by commercial company... > > > so what? the idea behind OSM, as I see it, is not only to produce new > data, but also to put pressure on data holders to set their data free. > OSM has been very successful in Holland and Ireland, and things are > moving fast also here in Italy, where several municipalities are > giving their data to the project. > Anyway, if you do not believe in free software and data, I think you > can be happy with an N95 or similar. > :) > pc There were reports of ordinance survey were looking into giving data in the UK. Also, we have a great phone with GPS, wifi, bluetooth and gsm, why not update it if you find something not on there as you are walking around town? -- Ewan Marshall (ewanm89/Cap_J_L_Picard on irc) http://ewanm89.co.uk/ Geek by nature, Linux by choice.
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