[OSM-talk] Wikimapia

2009-11-18 Thread Matthew Luehrmann
Wikimapia at: http://wikimapia.org/wiki/Main_Page seems to have the same
mission as OSM.  Has anyone contacted them to talk about merging the two
projects so that we can both accomplish more?  They definitely have better
usability and explain how to contribute better.  They also seem to have
permission to display their data with Google's aerial imagery and trace from
Google imagery.

Cheers,
Matthew


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Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Matthew Luehrmann
Who controls OSM?  I really am not sure.  My current understanding is that OSMF 
controls OSM, but calls it "supporting": "The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an 
international non-profit organisation supporting but not controlling the 
project."  

Maybe a better question that will get a less ambiguous answer, and really shows 
who is in control of OSM, is: Who owns the www.openstreetmap.org domain name.


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