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OpenStreetMap licence?

OpenStreetMap licence?

Posted Nov 28, 2010 0:35 UTC (Sun) by jhhaller (guest, #56103)
In reply to: OpenStreetMap licence? by smurf
Parent article: Microsoft helping OpenStreetMap

In general, the commercial map companies have identified copies of their maps by adding information for things that don't exist, such as fictional cities or cul-de-sacs that don't exist (depending on map scale). The maps might not be quite to scale, or other things that allow the map company to identify verbatim copies without disturbing people looking for legitimate things. My favorite was the Beat OSU in a Michigan map (a local sports rivalry). This is the same type of thing that phone books use to identify copies.


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OpenStreetMap licence?

Posted Nov 28, 2010 9:23 UTC (Sun) by johill (subscriber, #25196) [Link]

The "beatosu" one also has "goblu" -- according to "How to Lie with Maps" (ISBN 0-226-53421-9)

Map recognition

Posted Nov 28, 2010 9:34 UTC (Sun) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link] (1 responses)

Not only the commercial mappers do that. OSM has an entire fake Bavarian village hidden in its database.

Map recognition

Posted Nov 28, 2010 17:30 UTC (Sun) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]

That was an April Fools Day prank, right? :)


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