Cool, Thanks for the summery, i saw this on my news feed. Its great to be noticed. Will be interesting to see what the editor is like.
Cheers, Sam On 7/9/10, David Ellams <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/07/09/aols-mapquest-looks-to-wikipedia-model-for-mapping/ > > > Excerpts: > > MapQuest, the No. 2 Internet-mapping service after Google’s, is > taking the first steps toward a Wikipedia-like model — in which > users would generate the maps themselves and combine the results > for everyone to use. > > The company, a subsidiary of AOL, plans to announce Friday > morning that it is launching a site in the U.K. based on a > project called OpenStreetMap, which is dedicated to > user-created mapping. > > [...] > > The main MapQuest site will still use mapping data that the > company purchases, but the idea is that eventually, MapQuest maps > could rely on many users who keep track of their own corner of > the world. > > “We fundamentally believe that community-contributed mapping will > be better than any closed platform,” said Jon Brod, the executive > vice president of AOL Ventures, Local and Mapping, in an > interview with Digits. > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
