Comments on: Thats a mighty long way! http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/23/thats-a-mighty-long-way/ GIS, maps, mapping, geo, UK, Geograph, PHP, Perl and more Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:04:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Barry http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/23/thats-a-mighty-long-way/#comment-33944 Barry Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:09:20 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=135#comment-33944 Yes, not talking in the short term, but OSM is looking at the database licences* which will hopefully allow more adoption. :) * or some other licence more suitable that CC (in particular the vague nature of SA) Yes, not talking in the short term, but OSM is looking at the database licences* which will hopefully allow more adoption. :)

* or some other licence more suitable that CC (in particular the vague nature of SA)

]]> By: Thomas Wood http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/23/thats-a-mighty-long-way/#comment-33921 Thomas Wood Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:52:30 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=135#comment-33921 According to Ed Parsons (via OSM), Google has looked at OSM data, but the licence is currently incompatible. According to Ed Parsons (via OSM), Google has looked at OSM data, but the licence is currently incompatible.

]]> By: Greg Rose http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/23/thats-a-mighty-long-way/#comment-33905 Greg Rose Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:44:27 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=135#comment-33905 Yes, this is exciting as it is an example of a company using NAVTEQ Discover Cities data. NAVTEQ is the company with the map data for pedestrians, and it is good to see that Google is taking advantage of this data to enhance their maps. You can read more about the NAVTEQ Discover Cities here... http://developer.navteq.com/site/global/zones/connections/products/discover_and_guide/discover/discover_cities/p_city_guide.jsp Yes, this is exciting as it is an example of a company using NAVTEQ Discover Cities data. NAVTEQ is the company with the map data for pedestrians, and it is good to see that Google is taking advantage of this data to enhance their maps. You can read more about the NAVTEQ Discover Cities here…

http://developer.navteq.com/site/global/zones/connections/products/discover_and_guide/discover/discover_cities/p_city_guide.jsp

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