Anyone wanting in depth info on Google Map Maker should attend the Society of
Cartographers Summer School this September. We have Ed Parsons (Geospatial
Technologist, Google) signed up to give the background in a presentation
entitled "Building the Global Map: Filling the gaps".
There are also other sessions that may well be of interest to OSMers. See:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cartographers08/programme/
Daily rates of attendance are very reasonable at £60.
Further info on website or via email to me.
Cheers
STEVE
Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow
Manager of e-Learning Academic Development
Centre for Learning and Quality Enhancement
Middlesex University
phone/fax: 020 8411 5355
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/schools/hssc/staff/profiles/technical/chiltons.asp
Chair of the Society of Cartographers: http://www.soc.org.uk/
SoC conference 2008:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cartographers08/
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Sent: 30 June 2008 16:39
To: talk@openstreetmap.org
Subject: [OSM-talk] TeleAtlas/Google deal
From
http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/4449-Tele-AtlasGoogle-Deal-TA-Gets-User-Generated-Markups.html
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MONDAY, JUNE 30. 2008
Tele Atlas/Google Deal: TA Gets User Generated Markups
Update 2:It's not exclusive: "TeleAtlas already has an agreement with
Google for which details aren't available. The new agreement is
non-exclusive, Titiular said." (CNN)
Update: This from Ed Parsons at Google: "This does not include Map
Maker contributions." Thanks for the quick reply Ed!
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Per C|net:
Under the new agreement--financial terms were not disclosed--Tele
Atlas will provide maps and "dynamic content" for Google Maps in over
200 countries as well as other Google geographic divisions like Google
Earth and Google Maps for Mobile, and future Google projects that
could require mapping data. Tele Atlas, in turn, will have access to
annotations that Google Maps users have added to the system.
Exactly what annotations? The PR says:
The agreement also gives Tele Atlas access to edits for its maps from
Google's community of users, whose suggested changes can help
thecompany further increase the quality and richness of Tele Atlas maps.
It's not clear if this means the Map Maker contributions and or the
"moved addresses." Hopefully, someone in the know can clarify. If Map
Maker turns out to be something effective, that is, something that
creates "good" data in timely fashion, this could be a boon to TA's
(TomTom's) data stores. It would mean that others who license TA data
would benefit from Google's mapmaking fanbase, along TomTom's map
updating MapShare fanbase. Those are two potentially large, worldwide
free data collecting groups. If TomTom is smart, it already thinking
about how to engage the OpenStreetMap crew as well.
One other question: Is the sharing of the markup exclusive to TA? Or
will Google do a similar deal with NAVTEQ/Nokia? I'm thinking not.
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