Thanks for the link, the author seems pretty well-informed on OSM and surrounding ecosystem. I like the emphasis on OSM as a data source and not primarily a source of maps, something that a lot of people do not seem to buy into yet. (I am thinking about some of the commentary around foursquare's and geocaching.com's moves from Google Maps to OSM: 'the map just looks ugly', 'Google looks way better' etc.) The Guardian article linked to in there is also an interesting read[1], focusing more on the geographical reach of OSM (and featuring a recording of a talk at ICCM by Kate Chapman).
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/mar/28/openstreetmap-google-maps-technologies On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Werner Poppele <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > there is a report at > http://www.spiegel.de/ > about OSM based maps. Report is in german. > > WernerP > > URL of report > http://www.spiegel.de/**netzwelt/web/0,1518,825561,00.**html<http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,825561,00.html> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-us<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us> > -- martijn van exel geospatial omnivore 1109 1st ave #2 salt lake city, ut 84103 801-550-5815 http://oegeo.wordpress.com
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