On 26 September 2012 04:19, Daniel Kastl <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Jeffrey Warren <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> "OpenStreetMap Japan, a Wikipedia-like service that contains a lot of >>> incorrect and outdated information." >> >> >> that is really awful. We can't let that kind of statement stand! It >> affects the credibility of all OSM efforts, and is like the kind of FUD >> Wikipedia saw early on. Any possibility of getting a retraction? Though >> really that doesn't even cover it. Some kind of very public rebuttal. >> > > OSMF Japan (the local Japanese chapter) has already contacted the writer as > well as the interviewed person and I think there will be an appropriate > update/correction of the statement. >
"Meanwhile, contributors to the crowd-sourced service OpenStreetMap Japan reacted angrily to suggestions by Mapion, a local Japanese map provider, that the crowdsourcing may have been behind errors in Apple’s maps." .... http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/japanese-look-for-alternatives-to-apples-maps/ / Grant _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
