On Tuesday 29 November 2005 11:23 am, 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.
>
> --
> Tracy R Reed
> http://copilotconsulting.com
> 1-877-MY-COPILOT

Great idea Tracy. 

Sort of like Wikipedia for geography. Geopedia.net? 

BobLQ


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