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Re: [News] Google Maps: Open API's, Open Data, and Open Source Code

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Open-source project treads on Google Maps turf
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Volunteer "citizen cartographers" are aiming to take on the
>| likes of Google Maps and Britain's Ordnance Survey by creating
>| a free, open-source wiki-style map of the planet.
> `----
> 
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6134871.html

The original ordnance survey was incredible - no other place on the
planet had been mapped to the levels of detail, precision and accuracy
which the British Isles and several British Colonies were.  Only in the
last few years has technology reached a point where that kind of
capability can be replicated automatically, and the electronic analyses
are showing that the old OS maps are actually, /extremely/ accurate.

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| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
No problem is insoluble.
		-- Dr. Janet Wallace, "The Deadly Years", stardate 3479.4

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