On 23 Aug 2007, at 11:36, Andy Allan wrote: > On 8/23/07, Keith Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> There is an article in this weeks New Scientist (25 August 2007, Page >> 28)[1] about a 3D model of London created by the Centre for Advanced >> Spatial Awareness (CASA)[2] at University College London. Apparently >> the model was to be integrated with Google Earth but the data was >> derived for the OS MasterMap and Google was unable to agree licencing >> terms with the OS. According to the article Google wanted to pay a >> fixed fee but the OS was was looking to use their standard terms >> based >> on how many people access the data. >> >>> From an OSM point of view there are two good things about this >>> article: >> >> 1) OSM is explicitly mentioned in the article as a challenger to the >> current OS business model. > > With a quote from Steve Coast appearing in the box-out too - double > value. This is the kind of stuff we want in every article about the > incumbents.
oh oh oh what did I say? have fun, SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
