Nobody remembers Bosch talk at SOTM Tokyo ?
This make me think that the automotive industry is already working on using
OSM data in the not so far future... and Bosch already have a bicycle
oriented GPS using OSM:
http://www.bosch-presse.de/presseforum/details.htm?txtID=6377&locale=en
2014-03-18
Am 17.03.2014 23:05, schrieb Johan C:
So we're wondering why OpenStreetMap, being better (superior?) than
Google in map data, is not used by commercial companies like BMW. Is
there a native German on this list who can ask BMW why they're not
using OSM?
for Navigation it's not only about having
Possible reasons:
- they don't want their clients to think they're being guided by maps
that are not made by professionals (a silly prejudice)
- they don't want to tell the world that OpenStreetMap exists by
adding attribution to their software UI (possibly due to existing
contracts or branding)
B
So we're wondering why OpenStreetMap, being better (superior?) than Google
in map data, is not used by commercial companies like BMW. Is there a
native German on this list who can ask BMW why they're not using OSM?
2014-03-17 21:55 GMT+01:00 Michael Kugelmann :
> Am 17.03.2014 04:53, schrieb Han
Am 17.03.2014 04:53, schrieb Hans Schmidt:
If I, as a company, would use some map provider, I would definitely go
for "at least everywhere a minimum level of coverage" instead of only a
few places with excellent coverage.
There was a comparison about Google and OSM a fow years ago. It showed
tha
Alex,
Some of the points you continue to make are patently false.
> 1. There is more open data coming online by the day and we are not compatible
Let's take this apart. If the data is "open", by which you mean that
it would fall into something like the definition of
freedomdefined.org, then the
Hi,
a feedback menu option was added to the osm-icons.org wiki.
This is the direct link to the feedback wiki page:
http://osm-icons.org/wiki/Public:Main .
Cheers Markus
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Just posted my comments to key points that came up in the conversation over
on the diary:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/lxbarth/diary/21221#comment25849
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Alex Barth wrote:
> Hello everyone -
>
> I've been sitting on writing about the detrimental effects of
>
Saman remarks are right.
I wonder: you use a wiki, could it be edited to propose alternative
icons and share the refinement burden ? Is it possible to do so while
keeping a common style?
Maybe the target would be to symplify the icons to obtain legibility at
small size, while keeping it as clos
This is a great initiative, but there's a lot of room for improvement.
There are two big things that would increase the odds of adoption for a set
like this:
- Remove the containing boxes. The boxes hurt legibility because every icon
has the same silhouette, and also makes it difficult for the ico
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 02:39:12PM +0100, Johan C wrote:
> We have much better map data? Based on what? OSM will for example in the
> next x years not be able to accomodate OSM friendly commercial companies
> like Telenav on addresses, lane assistance and POI's.
I have been with OSM since 2007 and
> Am 17/mar/2014 um 02:28 schrieb Greg Morgan :
>
> If I need to split a building, the original primary key does not stay with
> one of the two pieces of the building. Two new buildings are created with
> two new primary keys.
as a side note this is not like you described, the original wa
A quick reminder - today is the last day you can submit a talk for
SOTM-EU 2014. We have already received a lot of very interesting
submissions that are going to make for an attractive program. If you
are contemplating to submit something today is your last chance.
Once again the links:
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