So we're wondering why OpenStreetMap, being better (superior?) than Google in map data, is not used by commercial companies like BMW. Is there a native German on this list who can ask BMW why they're not using OSM?
2014-03-17 21:55 GMT+01:00 Michael Kugelmann <michaelk_...@gmx.de>: > Am 17.03.2014 04:53, schrieb Hans Schmidt: > > If I, as a company, would use some map provider, I would definitely go >> for "at least everywhere a minimum level of coverage" instead of only a >> few places with excellent coverage. >> > There was a comparison about Google and OSM a fow years ago. It showed > that even on some non-European countries (e.g. Africa) a lot of citties are > mapped better in OSM than Google: at least at that time there was no > financial benefit for the commercial map providers to map all these places. > Maybe this improved a little bit, but I don't think so... > > > Best regards, > Michael. > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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