http://spanring.eu/blog/2008/05/29/yet-another-mapping-api/ a personal website slash blog Sun, 13 May 2012 14:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://spanring.eu/blog/2008/05/29/yet-another-mapping-api/comment-page-1/#comment-29152 Christian Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:20:06 +0000 http://spanring.eu/?p=1008#comment-29152 That's actually the most exciting point about developing upon OSM: you can edit and customize the underlying map data. That’s actually the most exciting point about developing upon OSM: you can edit and customize the underlying map data.

]]> http://spanring.eu/blog/2008/05/29/yet-another-mapping-api/comment-page-1/#comment-29150 Nick Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:20:23 +0000 http://spanring.eu/?p=1008#comment-29150 You've hit the nail on the head with your comment on footpaths, bikelanes and other features that are suited to pedestrians or cyclists. These are all things we're going to be focusing on at CloudMade. Other things to bare in mind about our services are that they are built upon free data, which means you (as a developer) can adapt and re-work the map data just as you can adapt and rework free software - you aren't constrained by the same licensing restrictions that other internet map providers place on you - deriving works being one example. You’ve hit the nail on the head with your comment on footpaths, bikelanes and other features that are suited to pedestrians or cyclists. These are all things we’re going to be focusing on at CloudMade. Other things to bare in mind about our services are that they are built upon free data, which means you (as a developer) can adapt and re-work the map data just as you can adapt and rework free software – you aren’t constrained by the same licensing restrictions that other internet map providers place on you – deriving works being one example.

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