http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/07/09/aols-mapquest-looks-to-wikipedia-model-for-mapping/
Excerpts: MapQuest, the No. 2 Internet-mapping service after Google’s, is taking the first steps toward a Wikipedia-like model — in which users would generate the maps themselves and combine the results for everyone to use. The company, a subsidiary of AOL, plans to announce Friday morning that it is launching a site in the U.K. based on a project called OpenStreetMap, which is dedicated to user-created mapping. [...] The main MapQuest site will still use mapping data that the company purchases, but the idea is that eventually, MapQuest maps could rely on many users who keep track of their own corner of the world. “We fundamentally believe that community-contributed mapping will be better than any closed platform,” said Jon Brod, the executive vice president of AOL Ventures, Local and Mapping, in an interview with Digits. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
