Nobody remembers Bosch talk at SOTM Tokyo ? This make me think that the automotive industry is already working on using OSM data in the not so far future... and Bosch already have a bicycle oriented GPS using OSM: http://www.bosch-presse.de/presseforum/details.htm?txtID=6377&locale=en
2014-03-18 0:04 GMT+01:00 Michael Kugelmann <michaelk_...@gmx.de>: > Am 17.03.2014 23:05, schrieb Johan C: > > 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? >> > for Navigation it's not only about having roads, there are other data > still missing (or not available sufficiently) in OSM: addresses, turn > restrictions, lane informations, speed limits, ... > BTW: if you talk about navigation in the car industry you have to consider > development cycles of 5...10 years => including OSM takes some time. And: > it's also about having a tool chain to include and maintain the data into > the cars (update) which needs to be developed, despite of the wiki type > fancy tagging scheme (compared to Navtec/Nokia an TeleAtlas/TomTom). > I'm quite sure that the automotive industry keeps an eye on OSM although > there is no official statement. [1] ;-) > > BTW car industry: I am aware of talks between an OSMF board member > (Oliver) an the German car industry in the past years. But he didn't > provide any details at all about the talks => not a very good behavior for > an open project, even if you agree to have confidentiality... :-( > > > Best regards, > Michael. > > for [1]: there was e.g. a semi-public talk of an postgraduate here at > Munich > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Christian Quest - OpenStreetMap France Conférence "State Of The Map" France du 4 au 6 avril à Paris<http://openstreetmap.fr/sotmfr>
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