[GTALUG] we should use openstreetmap

[Bob Jonkman]

Perhaps when the weather allows t-shirts and shorts again we can organize a mapping party. I haven't done that in ages.

--Bob.

On January 13, 2015 11:29:55 AM EST, Myles Braithwaite <me at mylesbraithwaite.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:56 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com>
>wrote:
>> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525>
>>
>> This is a more open platform than Google Maps.  Much more in the
>> spirit of GTALUG.
>>
>> If you think something is missing, just add it!
>
>I don't want this to turn into a flamewar so first thing is as the
>person who sends out the announced emails I will include both Google
>Maps and OSM links in the emails.
>
>Personally I feel even though Google Maps software or mapping data is
>not open source it's at least accessible from a pretty much every
>modern browser and more importantly accessible for people with visual
>and reading disorders (i.e. dyslexia).
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