[NUUG kart] waze

[Sverre Didriksen]

Sigurd Stordal wrote on 03.09.2010 21:23:43:

> 
> On Friday 03 September 2010 20:41:19 Bjørn Kvisli wrote:
> > Har dere sett denne: http://world.waze.com/  ?
> > 
> > Her samles det inn kartdata fra menigmann for at menigmann skal 
> kunne bruke
> > dem til gratis navigering på mobiltelefon. I tillegg går
> > forretningsmodellen ut på å selge kartdata til kommersielle 
> brukere.
> > 
> > Her skriver de litt om oss :
> > "Why doesn't waze work with OpenStreetMaps?
> > Waze has the technology to create dynamic maps from consumer 
> driving
> > relatively quickly. This is how we created the map in Israel, but 
> when we
> > planned on making our app available on the US market, we 
> decided to use an
> > existing map as a base, rather than start the map building from 
> scratch,
> > and considered various map providers including OSM and TIGER.
> > 
> > We are committed to keeping waze free for our end users who help 
> build the
> > system, yet we're a commercial company who's looking to 
> generate revenue
> > down the line. When looking at the OSM licensing terms, we felt 
> that they
> > might limit us from certain business models in the future, and, 
> therefore,
> > we decided to use TIGER maps. This may change in the future, 
> however, and
> > we are open to potential cooperation with OSM, and other, similar,
> > services."
> > 
> > Vet noen om et navigasjonsprogram for mobiltelefoner med GPS 
> som bruker
> > OSM- kart?
> Finnes flere, ihvertfall for Android: Andnav2, osmand, oruxmaps kan 
> bruke osm kart i tillegg til kart fra flere andre kilder.
> 

Jeg bruker MapDroid på Android. Det er rimelig bra.  Har også testet apps 
til iPhone. Der finnes det også flere. Finnes sikkert også til Nokia og 
til Windows Mobile-telefoner.

-Sverre