On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Strainu strainu10@gmail.com wrote:
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".
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 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.
Rather than nitpick over details, I'll go with "much weaker copyleft".