Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-27 Thread Alan Brown
This is still treacherous ground. Say you compared Yahoo and Microsoft - and they had the same name. It doesn't matter - the real owner of the copyright to that data is Navteq; it's still a single source, and you could still be caught by copy traps. It's always better to rely on sources without

[Talk-us] Bay Area Mapping Events

2009-02-27 Thread Sarah Manley
Dear All, Here is a list of mapping events in the upcoming weeks. This weekend: Feb 28th and Mar 1, 11am - 4pm, Berkeley Mapping Party! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Berkeley_Mapping_Party_Feb2009 Next Wednesday: Mappy Hour, social geo-focused event 5:45pm: short intro presentations at UMI