I guess one way to break up UK mapping data monoploy is for other owners of important GI to release it, such as local authorities,
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2008/august/52.htm James Stewart On 29 Aug 2008, at 12:31, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tim Dobson wrote: >> "Whereas Ordnance Survey maps were designed for the military, and >> churches were added simply as useful landmarks, > > No one here seems to have mentioned that the reason that on-line maps > aren't as good as OS maps is that OS won't give out the information > (at > least not at a reasonable price), so TeleAtlas, NavTeq, AND etc. > have to > spend millions of man hours collecting it all again, and they don't > have > the need to add all the bits and pieces. Hopefully once we (i.e. OSM) > collect the data, it won't need to be collected again. > > Robert (Jamie) Munro > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAki33goACgkQz+aYVHdncI0oAQCfcKlMdpCVb2vxy9Q3mg1/3gOu > mtAAn2l+h6JR9ZyJN8neMI7O6fypfsR+ > =xY5Q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
