Hello OSMers (what *do* we call OSM contributors?), I was invited to the Google Map Maker Power Users Launch in Makati Shangri-la yesterday night (October 7).
As a background, I've blogged about Google Map Maker vis-a-vis OpenStreetMap a couple of times before: http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/posts/google_map_maker_osm http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/posts/google_dumps_navteq_opens_map_maker Anyway, I was able to talk to a couple of Google guys, though they are in the marketing side of things, not the development side. One is from Google SG and the other from Google HK. I basically asked the usual questions OSMers have. It's expected that they will offer the Map Maker data to the public but through the Google Maps API alone as prerendered map tiles and possibly routing information and local business directory search. There's no definite word about offering to the public the actual raw data and if so whether it will be under an open license or not. But they supposedly are planning to create a Map Maker API (which is different from the Maps API). I have no clear idea what this API is supposed to do, but the Google HK guy said that this is supposed to "give back" to the contributors the data that they have contributed. I am planning to write an in-depth post about the event within the week or by this weekend. Regards, Eugene -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com
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