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Subject: David Rumsey's interview on PBS Newshour
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 10:02:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: G. Salim Mohammed <[log in to unmask]>
To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>


Hi Karl and everyone-

Both the extended interview just featuring David as well as the
interview that aired are here:

http://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2012/11/1/pbs-newshour-story-links-apple-google-and-historical-maps

1st one is what was aired, and the 2nd one is David's.

Best, Salim

G. Salim Mohammed, Digital and Rare Maps Librarian

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From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee"
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Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 7:07:37 AM
Subject: Apple vs Google and David Rumsey

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Subject:        Apple vs Google and David Rumsey
Date:   Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:46:44 -0400
From:   Karl Longstreth <[log in to unmask]>
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In the business of modern mapmaking, there are high stakes for customer
satisfaction. When Apple released its iPhone5, it replaced Google Maps
with its own mapping technology -- and users were not happy. Spencer
Michels reports on the challenges of creating digital maps and how
crowdsourcing is making them more accurate.

Includes an interview with David Rumsey ...



http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec12/maps_10-31.html