On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:23:48AM -0800, Tracy R Reed wrote: > Michael O'Keefe wrote: > > Actually it's the opposite. > > Digital maps are EXTREMELY hard to come by, BECOZ of the (handheld) GPS > > market. They pay a LOT for those maps. It's why Garmin (for example) is > > I think you misunderstand. I understand that Garmin et al protect their > maps. I mean that it should be possible to generate our own public > domain map. There needs to be a mapping project. Someone with some GIS > knowledge needs to set up a database whereby we can all note the GPS > coordinates of all our streets and landmarks and everything that anyone > would care about and put it into a database which can be used to > generate maps. >
To me, copyrighting maps is like patenting the genome. The surface of the world is what it is. Additionally, we've all already paid for the satellite photos through our taxes. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
