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What would it take to map an entire country?
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| âWhat would it take to map an entire
| country?â
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| With the growing visibility of Map Kibera,
| that question is coming more frequently,
| especially in Africa, where both
| OpenStreetMap and traditional mapping are
| widely absent. This is a massive question,
| which is going to depend very much on
| circumstances of that country, and on who is
| asking that question; and in the end may be
| better answered by a different question. In
| response to a couple queries, from Liberia
| and Malawi, I decided to write up a few blog
| posts to start off those conversations, and
| serve as reference for any of the other 200+
| countries on this planet. To start, going
| look at a few examples to serve as models
| for answering the question.
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http://brainoff.com/weblog/2010/04/28/1556
BusinessWeek turns an eye to open source beyond technology
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| So a few weeks back, I was excited to see
| that BusinessWeek (now Bloomberg
| BusinessWeek) ran a special report called
| Eye on: Open Source that also embraced the
| wider usage of open source principles in
| technology and beyond.
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http://opensource.com/business/10/4/businessweek-turns-eye-open-source-beyond-technology
Recent:
OpenStreetMap data is on your train
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| From Simon Clayson's Flickr stream, we
| learn that OSM iz in yer tranez. I'm sure
| that's what the cool kids would say. More
| from Simon:
|
| Great Western Trains have some seats with
| airline style LCD "entertainment" screens.
| More interesting than paying Â1.50 to watch an
| episode of Friends is the "You are exactly
| here" screen which is free. And it uses Open
| Street Map! Good work Volo TV.
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http://opengeodata.org/openstreetmap-data-is-on-your-train
OpenStreetMap to reach 250,000 contributors today
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| The OpenStreetMap (OSM) Project has
| announced that it will reach more than
| 250,000 registered users today.
| OpenStreetMap is an open source project
| that is building free online maps, not
| based on any copyright or licensed map
| data. It was founded by Steve Coast in
| August of 2004 and is run by the
| OpenStreetMap Foundation.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenStreetMap-to-reach-250-000-contributors-today-980410.html
FLOSS Weekly 81: OpenStreetMap.org
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| OpenStreetMap.org, the provider of free and royalty-free geographic data.
|
| Guest: Steve Coast for OpenStreetMap.org
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http://www.twit.tv/FLOSS
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