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I'll write it up.
by alasdair_ 4y ago
I'll write it up.
- Doctor_Fegg 4y agoThe OpenStreetMap community would be absolutely fascinated to learn what you were doing with OSM data, without a doubt.
- alasdair_ 4y agoI have so much to say here, especially when it comes to OSM vs Google Maps (given that the whole project was originally an offshoot of Google's Geo division) but I also have an NDA that I need to go read carefully. It's definitely not my intent to accidentally break confidentiality. I do want to say how amazing OSM was. There are SO MANY weird laws in different countries and OSM was a fantastic source of data in many of them. One example is South Korea - there were laws from decades ago that made it very difficult legally to have detailed maps of many parts of south korea - the OSM maps there were far superior to anything else available.
- dang 4y agoIf you do, let use know at hn@ycombinator.com and we'll put it in the second-chance pool (https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool, explained at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308), so it will get a random placement on HN's front page.
- alasdair_ 4y agoWill do! Thanks.