Thanks - rather what I had thought but it was new to me. A quick comparison of areas I know well shows OSM streets ahead (if you'll pardon the weak pun) ... I also found that it was difficult to actually do much with their data for free other than link to them from a web site. Sounds like GetMapping have found a way to enlist the innocent to enhance their commercial aerial photography products by providing tags!
-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Wood [mailto:grand.edgemas...@gmail.com] Sent: 09 April 2009 10:02 To: Mike Harris Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] People's Map 2009/4/9 Mike Harris <mik...@googlemail.com>: > Someone just pointed out this site to me: > > http://peoplesmap.com/Default.aspx > > with the claim that it was similar to OpenStreetMap and more > UK-oriented than OSM (which for some reason they thought was > German-dominated - I can't imagine why! (;>)). > > At a quick glance it doesn't even appear to be free - despite the name > and the initial blurb ... > > Does anyone know anything about People's Map? Am I right in assuming > that it has no connection with OSM? Comparison between the two > projects? Pros and cons? > > Mike Harris Pros? They have good (their own commercial) aerial imagery, they (used to) use most of the OSM software. Cons? Faking freeness, but are not really that free. Worse editor support (only their flash thing). There was a clause about data ownership somewhere on the old site, but I can't find it anymore. It's certainly been discussed on these lists before, a search may be worthwhile to hear our previous thoughts: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:lists.openstreetmap.org+"peoples+map"&hl =en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&hs=KlV&filter=0 -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
