As far as Indian places are concerned, can't coordinates be sourced
from Census data?
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Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
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Last time I checked, wikimapia was a 2-D vector drawing drawn
collaboratively on top of a map layer. And in wikimapia you can choose to
use a map layer other than Google. OpenStreetMap is there in the options.
Even on selecting that, the Google icon stays in the bottom left next to
the scale, but
I don't understand the interpretation that longitude-latitude co-ordinates
of the placemarks cannot be stored / used with the places. These do not
belong to Google.
Wikimapia is a tool for geocoding - allowing someone to derive coordinate
values from some source, in this case, copyright
With even OSM map layer being available, who's to tell from where were the
vectors derived? What if one knew, through use of handheld GPS device, the
exact latitude-longitude co-ordinates of the 4 corners of one's school
campus and used that to map one's school on wikimapia? How can Google
The short reply is, if you dont like google and their terms of service,
dont use it! Its a little unfair to use someone's service and then call
them villain if you did not read or like the fine print.
The primary issue with wikimapia is that google derived data is mixed with
direct user
