Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Lauris Bukšis-Haberkorns wrote: > Free version of such data would be great and as I allways have data on on > my phone I won't have problem with that. I was thinking on implementing > something like that but at least for me, main problem is server(s) where > that

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Mike N
On 9/12/2013 9:37 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: I don't know how open their data is, but have you heard of waze? I just stumbled onto it yesterday. http://www.waze.com/ Google recently bought Waze, so the data is definitely not open. I now see more local MapMaker activity, probably s

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > I don't know how open their data is, but have you heard of waze? I just > stumbled onto it yesterday. > > http://www.waze.com/ waze has been acquired by google. and even before that, they were not collaborative at all. -- -S

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
On 9/12/2013 5:09 AM, Lester Caine wrote: Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: Since the majority of sat nav's are now smart devices, why can't they all be reporting back the average speed where they are so we can automatically map the current traffic hot spots? That data is already available for sale f

[OSM-talk] Combining OSM waterbody and elevation data for better map rendering and QA

2013-09-12 Thread Christoph Hormann
Hello, I have completed a first version of a tool to modify elevation data by use of waterbody data from OSM (more precisely currently only the lakes, not the rivers). Description of the process is on [1], the tool on [2]. Primary purpose is better display of lakes in 3d renderings but this

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Lauris Bukšis-Haberkorns
Free version of such data would be great and as I allways have data on on my phone I won't have problem with that. I was thinking on implementing something like that but at least for me, main problem is server(s) where that data would go and that would aggregate them as that would be quite much dat

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/9/12 Jean-Marc Liotier > That data is already available for sale from mobile network operators - > that is why you don't see much interest in having navigation devices > provide feedback: every mobile device is already providing ample sampling. > Of course that doesn't help the free world ve

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Lester Caine
Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: Since the majority of sat nav's are now smart devices, why can't they all be reporting back the average speed where they are so we can automatically map the current traffic hot spots? That data is already available for sale from mobile network operators - that is why yo

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 12/09/2013 10:07, Lester Caine wrote: Since the majority of sat nav's are now smart devices, why can't they all be reporting back the average speed where they are so we can automatically map the current traffic hot spots? That data is already available for sale from mobile network operators

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-09-12 10:07, Lester Caine wrote: Johan C wrote: Unfortunately not available everywhere yet, but as a step towards becoming the best map in the world: after the publication of open address data in the Netherlands two years ago, starting this month open traffic data will be available in

Re: [OSM-talk] Outperforming TomTom

2013-09-12 Thread Lester Caine
Johan C wrote: Unfortunately not available everywhere yet, but as a step towards becoming the best map in the world: after the publication of open address data in the Netherlands two years ago, starting this month open traffic data will be available in The Netherlands http://www.ndw.nu/pagina/nl/