I'm sure that the Byzantine emperor also laughed right up to the point where the Turks entered the gates...
SDE * On 13-Oct-2008 at 10:19AM PDT, Anselm Hook said: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: S Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:09 AM > Subject: [OSM-talk] Forbes Article on Data Collection for map services > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > There is an article in Forbes about the increasing lengths data providers > are going to to collect data for mapping. > > Link here: > http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/10/gps-navigation-autos-tech-personal-cz_jb_1010nav.html?feed=rss_news > > Quote "'I laugh when I hear that you can make a map by community input > alone,' says Tele Atlas founder De Taeye. He says that if tens of thousands > of users travel a road without complaining, then Tele Atlas can be fairly > certain that its map of the road is correct." > > Not sure if that's strictly true, given the quality of some of there maps, > but anyway > > Regards > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > -- > anselm 415 215 4856 http://hook.org http://makerlab.com http://meedan.net > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
