Happy Birthday, OpenStreetMap
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Happy Birthday, OpenStreetMap
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Re: Happy Birthday, OpenStreetMap
#2It's great to see corporations contributing to OSM. There's only a couple top contenders for mapping data, and the best way to compete with them is to collaborate on a shared resource.
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#3It seems that the MapMetrics data mentioned either isn't available everywhere or (less likely) their site is being crushed. The data only loads for California and Colorado.
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#4TomTom provides mapping data to Apple maps, Bing maps and they power many automotive in-dash navigation systems: https://www.tomtom.com/customers/
Very likely they use OpenStreetMaps to enrich their data and it's nice to see that they contribute back.
Re: Happy Birthday, OpenStreetMap
#5It's great to see corporations contributing to OSM. There's only a couple top contenders for mapping data, and the best way to compete with them is to collaborate on a shared resource.
It's a complicated relationship, since companies often struggle with respecting community norms and the overall goals of the project, but I tend to agree.
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#6It seems that the MapMetrics data mentioned either isn't available everywhere or (less likely) their site is being crushed. The data only loads for California and Colorado.
And France, weirdly.
It also is quite low resolution in many areas, making it not super useful at the moment.
Re: Happy Birthday, OpenStreetMap
#7Years ago Tomtom was bullied by microsoft on a patent regarding the use of extended file names on fat-based filesystems. Of course, a popular well-designed device running linux instead of windows CE at the time was not in ms' best interest. Tomtom stood by their position as much as they could and, as time passed, microsoft's bully behavior cooled out.
Congrats for your courage Tomtom! If I ever plan to buy a GPS or navigation device, I'll certainly consider your history.
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#8Many of the red areas I see on the map, particularly in France, are fairly obviously where someone's been running a TomTom while on a train or a boat. Of course that's not going match OSM roads. I'm a little surprised this is not mentioned in the blog post - it seems a bit obvious.
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#9Some years ago you had to pay for updates and they were very slow to add new streets. Has this changed with OSM?
Re: Happy Birthday, OpenStreetMap
#10Osmmaps + leaflet.js = luv