2012/5/29 Anthony wikimail@inbox.org:
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".
And that's just the tip of the iceberg (i.e. the rendered data). Invisible data, for instance road quality, can lead to impressive mashups, such as http://openmap.ro/auto/ (click on one of the top buttons to see the "comfort speeds", which is basically how messed up a road is). I never go for a long drive around Romania without consulting this. While some of the data is old, more often than not you can tell if you'll wreck your car on a road or not.
2012/5/29 Anthony wikimail@inbox.org:
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.
Strainu