[OSM-talk] Russia becoming more open with mapping?

2010-06-25 Thread John Smith
Mapping and cadastral information for Russia have not previously been openly and freely available. These products were edited, cenĀ­sored often and in many cases the work was simply not completed, thus the framework for building a modern digital cadastre system did not exist. Times change and the

Re: [OSM-talk] Russia becoming more open with mapping?

2010-06-25 Thread Maxim Dubinin
This is a good step forward, but please don't buy it that easily. Famous map collectioner (no economic profit whatsoever!) just sentenced for 4 years in jail. No fun. Right now we're in discussion another emerging investigation with a paraplanerist who is 'remote sensing' with his Canon. More