Comments on: Service market for open data grows http://highearthorbit.com/service-market-for-open-data-grows/ Transmitting ideas, observations, and images from 42,000 km. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:19:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: Kevin http://highearthorbit.com/service-market-for-open-data-grows/comment-page-1/#comment-274267 Kevin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:01:55 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/service-market-for-open-data-grows/#comment-274267 "There have been many companies that are interested in integrating OpenStreetMap into their products but concerned about the potentially unclear terms or permitted uses of the data that don’t inadvertently expose their proprietary data. " Can you elaborate on that please? What part of the licencing does this refer to? I'd like to understand this better. “There have been many companies that are interested in integrating OpenStreetMap into their products but concerned about the potentially unclear terms or permitted uses of the data that don’t inadvertently expose their proprietary data. ”

Can you elaborate on that please? What part of the licencing does this refer to? I’d like to understand this better.

]]> By: Andrew Turner http://highearthorbit.com/service-market-for-open-data-grows/comment-page-1/#comment-273804 Andrew Turner Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:07:39 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/service-market-for-open-data-grows/#comment-273804 @Harald - thanks for the additional info. It is indeed the exact point of OpenStreetMap to create the free data so that companies, organizations, citizens, and governments can utilize the base information for multiple, specialized, uses. I'm interested to hear how deCarta is addressing the ODbL in terms of the changes required to enable navigation. For instance, many highways in the US were missing connectivity and turn restrictions - obviously necessary in national routing. Based on the license of OSM, these modifications will need to be freely shared back out. Can't wait to see the added quality deCarta brings to the data and community. @Harald – thanks for the additional info.

It is indeed the exact point of OpenStreetMap to create the free data so that companies, organizations, citizens, and governments can utilize the base information for multiple, specialized, uses.

I’m interested to hear how deCarta is addressing the ODbL in terms of the changes required to enable navigation. For instance, many highways in the US were missing connectivity and turn restrictions – obviously necessary in national routing. Based on the license of OSM, these modifications will need to be freely shared back out.

Can’t wait to see the added quality deCarta brings to the data and community.

]]> By: Harald http://highearthorbit.com/service-market-for-open-data-grows/comment-page-1/#comment-273791 Harald Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:13:31 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/service-market-for-open-data-grows/#comment-273791 As deCarta, also our company Mapscape working in the market of in-car and mobile navigation, is currently offering OpenStreetMap data in several map formats. One of them is GDF (Geographic Data Files), which is one of the most used standard exchange formats in the navigation industry. We have started offering this data service to our customers, due to requests we have received with respect to feasibility of OSM for in-car navigation purposes. This goes a little bit further then only feasibility for development or map display purposes. Our technical team has dived into issues like addressibility, consistency of deliveries, cutting areas, stitching maps, GDF constraints, a.o. For companies interested, at this moment we can deliver fully navigable maps based on OSM! It's nice to see that there are so many commercial initiatives on top of OSM. I wonder if the guys behind OSM have ever dreamed about this! As deCarta, also our company Mapscape working in the market of in-car and mobile navigation, is currently offering OpenStreetMap data in several map formats. One of them is GDF (Geographic Data Files), which is one of the most used standard exchange formats in the navigation industry.

We have started offering this data service to our customers, due to requests we have received with respect to feasibility of OSM for in-car navigation purposes. This goes a little bit further then only feasibility for development or map display purposes. Our technical team has dived into issues like addressibility, consistency of deliveries, cutting areas, stitching maps, GDF constraints, a.o. For companies interested, at this moment we can deliver fully navigable maps based on OSM!

It’s nice to see that there are so many commercial initiatives on top of OSM. I wonder if the guys behind OSM have ever dreamed about this!

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