Friday, March 9, 2012

How Open is Too Open?

OpenStreetMap has recently seen some big announcements, namely that Apple, without telling OSM, is using their data for iPhoto (OSM Welcomes Apple), and Foursquare's use of OSM as a basemap (http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/26088/2/).

But let's not forget the inherent problems with using data generated by users. Similar to the fact that Wikipedia isn't generally accepted in academic research, should OSM always be trusted as a basemap?

"Google Contractor Allegedly Caught Vandalizing Open Street Map"

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