On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Peteris Krisjanis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, there is some other, more practical arguments why such > checking isn't healthy thing to do. First of all, it's still just > another source, not field check. Second, it is quite interesting what > happens when you *check* that name of the street you wrote down is > wrong. Can you write down name in Google Street View? I guess it is > copying. Fact copying, but nevertheless. Fact copying en masse = > "substantial extraction". So it is still if you find name wrong, you > theoretically can't copy name from GSV and still have to go outside > and check it yourself. So it's a little self-defeating.
If the fact is binary (can turn left/can't turn left), then checking is equal to copying, right? It'd definitely help when turning a single Tiger way into a dual carriageway, to be able to use Google Street View rather than finding someone willing to drive me around while I take pictures of every intersection, or, I guess more realistically, just zooming in on the Yahoo aerial and guessing.
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