On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:22:15 +0800 Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Elizabeth Dodd <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I agree with David, that this shows a view of the world which is > > distorted, ignoring Asia where most humans actually reside, and > > ignoring Africa at the same time. > > A useful thing would be an honest comparison of what is available > > through Mapquest through their original sources of data, and what is > > available if Mapquest uses OSM. > > Liz and David, > > Mapquest does use the whole world's data in their Open Mapquest sites. > They just roll out country-specific sites to provide proper > localization. But all of the world's data is available on any of their > Open websites. > > In fact, I can go to any of the Open websites, scroll over to my > country, and get driving directions: > http://open.mapquest.com/link/8-Ua19 > > In addition, since they don't have data for my country from other > providers, they show OSM data instead in their main (non-Open) > website, though only as tiles. > > Eugene Thanks Eugene, that's very interesting, and a far different slant than that provided by emails announcing specific sites for specific areas. I can't check it properly at present as my internet is flaky since we had rain (and some flooding) but will do so later. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
