On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Jukka Rahkonen wrote:
Hi,
Somebody might get interested in having a look at the business idea of
PublicEarth and their Terms of Use. I feel they won't get very many
places from me.
http://publicearth.com/
http://publicearth.com/terms
-Jukka Rahkonen-
My look at
2009/11/18 Jukka Rahkonen jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi:
Hi,
Somebody might get interested in having a look at the business idea of
PublicEarth and their Terms of Use. I feel they won't get very many
places from me.
http://publicearth.com/
http://publicearth.com/terms
Then there's the nice
Also interesting to note is that their current (initial?) data set
contains POIs that were seemingly contributed by random (english
sounding) user names. Even in non-english speaking countries most
(all?) contributors have english names. Descriptions are of course in
perfect local (non english)
They are using OSM data.
If you look at Cambridge, UK, for instance, you'll see the entry for Kettles
Yard and The Junction have both been credited to OSM.
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Link here, sorry
http://publicearth.com/places/arts-and-cultural-centers/kettles-yard-gallery
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P Please consider the environment. Do you
I wonder if Google is going to change their terms of use now they are
shedding their major map data providers[1][2]. Being liberated from
their terms of use – for now, in the US only – Google is free to
conjure up any terms of use for their map data they like. Their
'Google Maps/Earth Terms of
http://publicearth.com/places/ice-rinks/olimpija-ljubljana
On this small map the POI was created by WilliemBlaeu
While on the big (main) map there are 2 POIs, created by JohnSpeed
and JohnMelish and the names change randomly with each reload!
Try