On 04/11/11 03:11, Arun Ganesh wrote: > I am totally blown away by the level of detail provided by the map > providers in Korea. Even the navigation devices they use in almost any > vehicle is of a much higher level than anything I have seen outside. > As the car approaches a flyover or a junction, the device actually > renders a 3d view of the area from the pov of the vehicle, with > detailed buildings, trees and lighting to match the time of the day. > Each lane of the road is marked with turn restrictions and speed limits. > > All the gloating we do of the capabilities of osm fades in comparison > to what's been achieved here. We are years away from reaching such a > level where it will possible to crowdsource data to such a detailed > level in a consistent manner. > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:00 PM, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > http://local.daum.net/map/index.jsp?t__nil_navi=bestmain&nil_id=map > <http://local.daum.net/map/index.jsp?t__nil_navi=bestmain&nil_id=map> > > http://map.naver.com/ > > Even if you don't read Korean you can still appreciate the scope > and scale of > their undertaking. The datasets are also unique- take a look at > the same > area from the different providers. Click on various icons to see > aerial > photos and Daum's street view. Also provided: route planning, traffic > density, and the weather for the chunk of map you are looking at. > Oh, and as > well as the distance and journey time the route planner will tell > you the > taxi fare you would have to pay. > > Best wishes, > > Andrew > > > > > -- > j.mp/ArunGanesh <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk This is really interesting Andrew /Arun,
Thanks for posting. John
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