Suggestion seems overkill for NYC, or anywhere in the US or Canada. Check out http://gps.algebra.com/
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, evilbunny wrote: > Hello nycwireless, > > Since we can't seem to easily obtain decent mapping data, we're > planning to actually create our own... > > The data will be fairly basic vector type layers that can be munched > into something meaningful... > > Idea at this stage is to create a simple XML type client for any/all > OS's that can pull data from GPS units... > > Idea is you walk up to a intersection, grab GPS location (to as best > as possible the centre of the intersection without getting killed ;) > note the street names, (St, rd, etc etc) how many lanes, and other > bits that will make it useful. At this stage we're after any > suggestions on what data would be useful to capture etc... > > Also trying to find out if people would be willing to go out and map > their suburbs or even surrounding suburbs, the data we plan to > release royalty free to anyone that wants it, some guys in the US > already have the mapping infrastructure to plot these vector points > into images... Because it will be royalty free there won't be any > issues with sharing it, because it won't be owned by any company > etc... > > There are a lot of groups that could benefit from this apart from > wireless so there is a potential for a lot of collaboration between > different parts of the community to make this happen... and share in > the benefits of having it... > > -- > Best regards, > evilbunny mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates > http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally > http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
