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> Feel sorry for how proprietary maps are currently built. When there’s a new road built, they all have to scramble to add it. I'm not into the business of map
by riquito 12y ago
> Feel sorry for how proprietary maps are currently built. When there’s a new road built, they all have to scramble to add it.
I'm not into the business of maps, but don't the major players pay Nations/Cities or third parties that have the latest data about roads to be promptly updated? (whoever build the roads must have the data, and they'll be happy to sell it I suppose).
(ok, probably every city uses a different format or has the maps on paper...)
Then we can talk about if this data should be free or not.
- davexunit 12y agoMap data is of utility to everyone, of course it should be free.
- xanderstrike 12y agoFood is of utility to everyone, of course it should be free. Transportation is of utility to everyone, of course it should be free. Shelter is of utility to everyone, of course it should be free.
- dllthomas 12y agoThose all have significant marginal cost.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoThe marginal cost of all of those is dropping. If you can automate mobility (Self-driving EVs), the production of housing (3D printed homes), and farming (automated planting, maintenance, harvesting), you can indeed provide it all for free.
- clarry 12y agoI agree with all that you said. But I fear our civilization will never become advanced enough (politically & socially) to bring that. We can share map data today though.
- davexunit 12y agoFree as in speech, of course, not price.
- Vik1ng 12y agohttp://regio-osm.de/listofstreets/index.html http://regio-osm.de/listofstreets/index.html uses streetname lists from local governments to see if anything is missing, spelled wrong etc. There are usually always a few errors.
- belorn 12y agoIt depend on which country/state you are talking about. In Sweden, there is a central government entity that do mapping, which then sells the map (created from tax money). Given the old thinking of that entity, I would just assume that updates are slow if they exist at all, and that the "official" map is compiled once a year rather than being updated live.