or, as the saying popular on t-shirts worn by kids nowadays goes --
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." So, Tele Atlas has reached stage 2 as described above. Once OSM gets sued, we will be sure that open source community mapping has arrived... definitely a rite of passage. On 10/13/08, Schuyler Erle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
