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Programming would be the lesser of the nightmares involved: merging whatever n databases that Google has (licensed under something, only Google knows what), wit
by Piskvorrr 12y ago
Programming would be the lesser of the nightmares involved: merging whatever n databases that Google has (licensed under something, only Google knows what), with ODbL-licensed OSM data would be the real nightmare. Opening closed data is always a pain.
- rmc 12y agoLicencing can be solved by the correct person in authority signing a bit of paper. Merging millions of roads in OSM with millions in GMaps?
- Piskvorrr 12y agoThat's the programmers' equivalent of "any matter programming can be solved by a smart person typing on a computer for a little while, there's nothing to it." That said, I do acknowledge that merging two global datasets would be a nightmare.