On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Strainu <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/5/29 Anthony <[email protected]>: >> The difference is that Wikipedia is usable in the real world, whereas >> OSM, for the most part, is not. > > I see it the other way around: OSM, for the most part, IS usable in > the real world. One can easily navigate using OSM data on the main > roads in a country, and even on major boulevards within the cities. > The problems appear "in the last kilometer".
I just tried osmand. I can't even figure out how to put in an address. I then tried navfree usa. I eventually put in an address (why I can't just type in, or better yet speak, the address, i don't know). But the route it gave me included tolls. When I told it to avoid tolls, it failed to do so. (Either the app is broken, or the information about what roads have tolls is broken.) There's probably some other app I just don't know about. But so far I find it impossible to use OSM data to get the route that I follow every day to work (which Google's navigation app finds readily, and even updates on the fly due to changing traffic conditions). > 2012/5/29 Anthony <[email protected]>: >> And yeah, there are apps that use OSM data. And there will probably >> be more now that OSM has abandoned copyleft for data. > > Why do you say that? ODbL is still a copyleft license, although a much > weaker copyleft. Rather than nitpick over details, I'll go with "much weaker copyleft". _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
