Where can I order that T-Shirt? :] I loved the comments from Puneet, Paul, and Schuyler.
Paul wrote: "The technological curve that is putting devices capable of easily displaying this data into the hands of consumers is also putting devices capable of gathering the data into their hands." Timble's got a GIS grade GPS receiver that can now collect position data within the decimeter range if you use an external antenna. That means GIS grade GPS is crossing a threshold that would allow it to be used for a fair amount of "survey-grade" work. It costs about $13,000, so you won't see it integrated into a cell phone anytime soon, but it is a sign of what is to come. It will be interesting to see how our professions adapt as technology increases the precision of portable measuring tools that require little knowledge of the art of measurement to operate. I think the successful company won't be the company that wins a lawsuit against OSM, but the one that figures out how to bolt quality control and metadata on top of what OSM is doing. "If you can't beat em, join em." Community based mapping is here to stay. It won't be long before local governments and other small organizations are going to look for ways to tap into this resource to meet there own data collection needs. Landon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P Kishor Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Forbes Article on Data Collectionfor map services or, as the saying popular on t-shirts worn by kids nowadays goes -- "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." So, Tele Atlas has reached stage 2 as described above. Once OSM gets sued, we will be sure that open source community mapping has arrived... definitely a rite of passage. On 10/13/08, Schuyler Erle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure that the Byzantine emperor also laughed right up to the point > where the Turks entered the gates... > > SDE > > > * On 13-Oct-2008 at 10:19AM PDT, Anselm Hook said: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: S Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:09 AM > > Subject: [OSM-talk] Forbes Article on Data Collection for map services > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > There is an article in Forbes about the increasing lengths data providers > > are going to to collect data for mapping. > > > > Link here: > > http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/10/gps-navigation-autos-tech-personal-cz_j b_1010nav.html?feed=rss_news > > > > Quote "'I laugh when I hear that you can make a map by community input > > alone,' says Tele Atlas founder De Taeye. He says that if tens of thousands > > of users travel a road without complaining, then Tele Atlas can be fairly > > certain that its map of the road is correct." > > > > Not sure if that's strictly true, given the quality of some of there maps, > > but anyway > > > > Regards > > > > Steve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > > -- > > anselm 415 215 4856 http://hook.org http://makerlab.com http://meedan.net > > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
