Also relevant to this discussion (although not directly related to Mikel's post):
Ed Parsons talks about the difference between OSM and MapMaker at minute 39 of this recording http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13672861 (incidentally this set of videos is also where someone from Google mentioned GMM coming to the US "soon") -Ian On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Mikel <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup there's several examples of negotiating similar compromises, all for > naught; among other stories of dastardly deeds. Happy to collect these into > a follow up post. > > Mikel on the phone > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 13:18, Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > This was *directly* proposed to Google for a specific country (details > have to remain private for now). It was even proposed to collect data > into a neutral database and 'publish' it into both MM and OSM ... they > said flat out they were "not interested". It occurs to me that they > simply want to own the data if they are going to participate in this > kind of thing. So, 'sharing' is a non-starter. > > Jeff > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Ed Avis <[email protected]> wrote: > Could we perhaps work together with Google by organizing joint mapping > parties > where the resulting data is added to both maps? > > Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and as with other pseudo-free > map > projects like People's Map, we should take this as a vindication of the OSM > approach. I can appreciate that it really sucks when they copy ideas and > claim > the credit for them. > > -- > Ed Avis <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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