And I'm sure that the owners of Encyclopedia Britannica laughed at the notion that you could produce a comparable online encyclopedia by community input alone. While the article may have taken the two statements out of context, it was odd that he followed up his first statement by saying that the reason they know their data is correct is through (lack of) feedback from the community!
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:42 PM, 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_jb_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 > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > -- Peter Batty - President, Spatial Networking W: +1 303 339 0957 M: +1 720 346 3954 Blog: http://geothought.blogspot.com
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