Hi guys, I finally found the site where you can browse TomTom/Tele Atlas' map data. Here's the permalink for the Metro Manila area: http://routes.tomtom.com/map/?center=14.560692014744%2C120.91373826586&zoom=9&map=basic
It's quite laughable, really. I think they're still using the public domain VMAP0 dataset. On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's TomTom's recent article criticizing un-pre-moderated > crowd-sourced mapping (OSM is not named, but it's quite obvious): > http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/licensing/newsletter/201205/didyouknow/ > > Here's a slap down reply by Richard Fairhurst (OSMF Board member): > http://www.systemed.net/blog/index.php?post=23 > > And here's the requisite Slashdot thread: > http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/29/019213/tomtom-flames-openstreetmap > > As maning said on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/maning.sambale/posts/4174530287009>: "First > they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you > win.” > > It seems TomTom has left the "ignore you" stage already. :p > > > ---------- > Note: TomTom bought Tele Atlas in 2008. Tele Atlas is one of the 2 > biggest commercial map data providers in the world. The other is > Navteq, which was bought by Nokia in 2007. > > Note 2: As far as I know, Tele Atlas does not have significant data in > the Philippines. _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
