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TomTom Flames OpenStreetMap

Posted by Unknown on from the you-might-die dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TomTom Navigation has a recently launched article on what they call the 'negative aspects' of open data projects such as OpenStreetMap. As there are no hard facts and details to the studies they refer, the OSM community identified this release as classic 'Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.'"

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  1. Re:Why would it need studies? by Coisiche · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just out of interest, are the fjords and other bodies of water littered with the sunken remains of vehicles driven by those who forgot to switch their GPS to summer mode?

  2. The law of unintended consequences by niks42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course, now I have RTFA I know there ARE applications out there that can give me some serious benefits for travelling .. so I am now downloading Waze to my Android phone .. oh my.

  3. You don't say! by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have to actually LOOK at the road I'm driving on? I can't simply go down the flooded road 'cause my navi says it's all right?

    What's next? First they want me to pay attention to the traffic, now this! Driving sure gets more complicated every day.

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  4. Re:Why would it need studies? by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah, the MyFukedPC troll is back. This asshole is part of a astroturfing company sent to spam social media sites. Ignore the fuckstick. May he and his type get painful testicular cancer and die horribly in pain, alone.

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