On Wed, September 12, 2007 08:51, wannes wrote: > 2007/9/11, Amedee Van Gasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Tue, September 11, 2007 20:13, Nicolas Pettiaux wrote: >> >> > Exact, but one of the issue, is that in Belgium for example, most of >> > the maps and datas are collected by the National Geographic Institute >> > (a former miltary department, now civil but still heavily connected to >> > the army) and they are paid by our taxes money. They charge for their >> > data, and sell the to private people as well as companies who >> > sometimes resell them. >> >> For road maps too? That is done by other companies like Geocart and De >> Rouck (in .be) > > Euhm, on the maps of the NGI are roads to ... ;-)
>From that sentence I conclude that Geocart, Tele-Atlas, De Rouck, etc base their map data on NGI data. This isn't the case all of the time. The cartography companies also collect other data, independent from the NGI. The point I'm trying to make is, you are saying it is either-or, and I am saying it is and-and. NB: I know a photocartographer, this gives me a little insight on the subject. -- Amedee -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
