On 24 Jun 2008, at 00:31, Sjors Provoost wrote: >> On 23 Jun 2008, at 23:33, SteveC wrote: >> >>> http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=307 >>> >>> >>> Google Want to be TeleAtlas >>> Google have launched MapMaker, a kind of faux OpenStreetMap where >>> they >>> own all the data and you're only allowed to map in certain Freedom >>> Of >>> Speech Zones. > > I'm a little more positive for the moment, see my blog post:
Sorry, why isn't that positive? > In short, if Google and the OSM community are open for it, there is > huge potential for collaboration. Google can provide the OpenStreetMap > community with the massive scalable infrastructure they need and > OpenStreetMap can provide Google with a community, map making > experience and great tools. That's super naive - you think we've never spoken to them? You know Ed Parsons spoke at SotM 1 right? Best Steve _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
