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Comment on France Says Google Maps is Guilty of Being a Free Resource by Shane

Shane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000

Why sue them? They don’t have any money.

Comment on France Says Google Maps is Guilty of Being a Free Resource by Shane

Shane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:08:28 +0000

Its good to see capitalism and competition alive and well in France!

Comment on Sophia Parafina — Open Source Mapping in Windows by Hamish Campbell

Hamish Campbell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:06:16 +0000

Anyone who has tried in earnest to hack ArcGIS into producing good quality multi-scale maps knows the true meaning of the word “cumbersome”.

I don’t even thing it’s so much about having cross-platform tools – rather using the best tool for the job instead of a single downright poor tool for all jobs.

Comment on Sophia Parafina — Open Source Mapping in Windows by Tom

Tom — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:01:10 +0000

Hey, if people want to keep clicking little red toolboxes so they don’t get their hands dirty, that’s fine by me. Know what I mean?

Comment on Sophia Parafina — Open Source Mapping in Windows by Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:47:22 +0000

There was a interesting take on someone who finds the process as “incredibly cumbersome” over at http://egis3.lacounty.gov/eGIS/2012/02/03/tilemill-another-step-forward-for-open-source-gis-software-maybe/

Of course I disagree…

Comment on France Says Google Maps is Guilty of Being a Free Resource by Jean-Roc

Jean-Roc — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:09 +0000

The ruling comes from a commercial court where the judges are merchants elected by other merchants, Google will make an appeal, the judgment will be broken but this will not make the news here or elsewhere as it would not be a good story on these french socialist monkeys from Euroland.

Comment on France Says Google Maps is Guilty of Being a Free Resource by Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:38:01 +0000

True. I’m curious to see how this ruling will apply to OpenStreetMap and Open MapQuest.

Comment on France Says Google Maps is Guilty of Being a Free Resource by James Fee

James Fee — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:34:42 +0000

The problem with that is the lawsuit is over 2 years old. The thing about Google charging doesn’t give any weight to their argument. I’ve blogged about at least two companies who moved to OSM because of the costs. There is no “requirement” people pay Google.

Comment on France Says Google Maps is Guilty of Being a Free Resource by tireolas

tireolas — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:32:38 +0000

This lawsuit does smack of sour grapes and its a ridiculous judgment to smack down a company because it can compete better than a French company. That said, Google did start charging for excessive Google Maps API usage not too long ago so free isn’t completely free.

Comment on TileMill: Now Available in Windows by Nerves

Nerves — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:02 +0000

I didn’t get it at first either, but after doing the tutorial and mucking around a bit, I seem to have gotten the hang of it. The sparse ui with no direction for the user, I’d imagine would be welcome by people who become familiar with it.