Jon Burgess skrev: > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 00:09 +0000, martin dodge wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just found an interesting set of slides of a talk by Vanessa Lawrence, OS >> http://www.w3.org/2007/06/eGov-dc/presentations/VL_why_place_matters.pdf >> with some prominent mentions for OSM. I particularly liked slide 46 >> > > The map in his screenshot must be from quite some time ago. The same > area of central London now has considerably more data > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.5183&lon=-0.1387&zoom=14&layers=0BFT > > Jon
Hey, what do you expect from someone who is used to a 6 month timeframe before new features in the landscape has been mapped, processed and included in the mastermap ? Of course she included an old rendering, most probably from the London Map Party. And lets for fun just say, that she knew that there was almost complete coverage when she prepared the presentation - Why show that, why promote something that can achieve the same goals for the user, is more adaptable, with far fewer limitations on possible usage, AND has been around for longer. Better show something that looks "awfull" compared to what they are peddling, and not say anything at all about it being an outdated snapshot from way back. I think this procedure is actually taught at all the major business colleges, in the course "F.U.D. 101". Mandatory curriculum if you want to work in Marketing for the OS. Dutch _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
