Hi Japanese mappers, Anyone knows Mr. Yamagishi, so we can ask him? Would be interesting to ask him how he knows that OSM data is used by Apple. I mean, he's claiming this in an international newspaper, so he should be able to proof what he says. Otherwise he will probably tell this wrong information also to customers and wherever else.
Daniel On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends in Japan, > > I came across this article in the online New York Times today: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/**09/25/technology/apple-maps-** > errors-send-japanese-to-**homegrown-app.html<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/technology/apple-maps-errors-send-japanese-to-homegrown-app.html> > > In which an iPhone application named "Mapion" is discussed. > > It contains the following quote: > > "The biggest problem with Apple’s map, Mapion’s Mr. Yamagishi said, is > that much of its data appears to be drawn from OpenStreetMap Japan, a > Wikipedia-like service that contains a lot of incorrect and outdated > information." > > I wonder how the New York Times could fall for that misinformation - Apple > isn't using OSM, and if it *were* using OSM then we certainly don't have "a > lot of incorrect and outdated information". I think it is possible that > "Mapion" have perhaps not been entirely truthful in their press contacts. > > All the best > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > ______________________________**_________________ > Talk-ja mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-ja<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ja> > -- Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan eMail: [email protected] Web: http://georepublic.de
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