Possible reasons: - they don't want their clients to think they're being guided by maps that are not made by professionals (a silly prejudice) - they don't want to tell the world that OpenStreetMap exists by adding attribution to their software UI (possibly due to existing contracts or branding)
But I think that's silly: - http://www.navigon.com/portal/uk/kundenservice/faq.html?id=20208453&content_identifier=faq&page=28 - http://www.garmin.com/uk/topolight/ - http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/30/telenav-buys-skobbler/ On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Johan C <osm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Fernando Trebien +55 (51) 9962-5409 "The speed of computer chips doubles every 18 months." (Moore's law) "The speed of software halves every 18 months." (Gates' law) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
