I'm part of the OpenStreetMap sysadmin team...
We think it is great that Bing is using our open map data! Hell them using our data is great promotion for our project.
We currently have no need to ask them for anything back and I'm sure if we tapped them, they would be supportive. Our project is about creating great open map data, not about becoming rich.
Is Bing working on improve OpenStreetMap's open data further? Quite likely. They win, we win.
OpenStreetMap is the Open Source data provider to a number of free/cheap iPhone applications.
http://www.roadee.net/ being one of the more popular iPhone routing apps.
OpenStreetMap.org is the wikipedia of maps.
What difference does it make if Microsoft make money in China or not? Its about market share. Ask Coke in South Africa where they went in early before Pepsi and spent a fortune in embedding itself in the market. Pepsi started in the late 90's in South Africa and promptly closed its doors about 2 years later. Coke is now the dominant beverage in the country because of the outlay that they did earlier. Almost a legal monopoly:P (sound familiar:) )
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I'm part of the OpenStreetMap sysadmin team... We think it is great that Bing is using our open map data! Hell them using our data is great promotion for our project. We currently have no need to ask them for anything back and I'm sure if we tapped them, they would be supportive. Our project is about creating great open map data, not about becoming rich. Is Bing working on improve OpenStreetMap's open data further? Quite likely. They win, we win.
OpenStreetMap is the Open Source data provider to a number of free/cheap iPhone applications. http://www.roadee.net/ being one of the more popular iPhone routing apps. OpenStreetMap.org is the wikipedia of maps.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ has more info and is faster at the moment.
What difference does it make if Microsoft make money in China or not? Its about market share. Ask Coke in South Africa where they went in early before Pepsi and spent a fortune in embedding itself in the market. Pepsi started in the late 90's in South Africa and promptly closed its doors about 2 years later. Coke is now the dominant beverage in the country because of the outlay that they did earlier. Almost a legal monopoly :P (sound familiar :) )