-------- Original Message -------- 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 [log in to unmask] | 650.723.5100 http://library.stanford.edu/depts/branner/ Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections Stanford University | 397 Panama Mall; MC 2211 Stanford, CA 94305 "Live simply so others can simply live." -Gandhi. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 7:07:37 AM Subject: Apple vs Google and David Rumsey -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Apple vs Google and David Rumsey Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:46:44 -0400 From: Karl Longstreth <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] CC: Karl Longstreth <[log in to unmask]>, 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