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Subject:        Maps-L - "The Mapping Mess: Google vs. British OS"
Date:   Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:03:42 -0500
From:   Russell Guy <[log in to unmask]>
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Here is a bit of news from the UK about Google wanting free access to OS
data - and OS's response.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/11/the_mapping_mess_google_v_os.html


The OS is supposed to be 100% self-funding and in theory receives no
federal gov't funds, so unlike the USGS it is not supported by tax
dollars.  Currently income from the sales of paper maps is only about
10% of gross income, so license fees and digital data sales are the bulk
of their income.

Cheers
Russell Guy

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