Hi, guys. Just thought I'd post this link, because on the face of it, it's REALLY annoying.
Transport for London (TFL) are trialling a speed limiting system (ISA) that if successful will be fitted to vehicles nationwide. In order for the GPS controlled sensor to tell whether you are speeding or not, it needs a map (currently of London) of where the speed limits start and stop (with me so far?). The annoying thing is, it says here [0] that the map has been developed by TFL and: "The ISA Advisory Map must be downloaded directly from the TfL website by the User and must not be transferred from one TomTom® to another. No other use of the ISA Advisory Map may be made by the User, including but not limited to modifying, adapting, amending, publishing, broadcasting, posting and copying the same. Permission for any other type of use must be obtained - TfL Customer Services may be contacted for details. " The map seems to be in a kml format. It infuriates me that in this day and age, TFL can produce a product that is so closed. Anyway, just thought I'd raise awareness...aarghhh! [0] http://www.tfl.gov.uk/termsandconditions/8780.aspx Cheers, Chris. -- Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
