In addition, I believe that the system uses Google to do geolocation of addresses that are entered into the submit report form.<br clear="all"><br>George Chamales<br>Konpa Group<br>Mobile: +1 718.288.7718<div>Fax:  +1 857.488.4002<br>

Skype:  notgeorge<br><a href="http://konpagroup.com" target="_blank">http://konpagroup.com</a></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Erik Hersman <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:erik@...">erik@...</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div style="word-wrap:break-word">The only problem is a practical one Chris, that is that the OSM maps don&#39;t have nearly as much detail as Google does in many locations globally.  We&#39;re neutral on this topic, just pragmatic, as you saw when we switched from Google to OSM in Haiti.  <div>

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<br><div><div>On Dec 29, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Chris Blow wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br>
<span style="font-family:monospace">hello, happy Christmas everyone,</span><span style="font-family:monospace"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace">to me, it makes sense to me to use an OSM baselayer as the default map for several reasons:</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>

</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace">- legal: keeps the default install free of licensing issues</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace">- design: removes the google logo from the page</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>

</span><span style="font-family:monospace">- UX: avoids the nagging API key error (which is always my first experience upon installation)</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace">- community: strengthens a partnership with OSM, some of our strongest and most important friends IMO</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>

</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace">thoughts?</span><span style="font-family:monospace"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>

</span><span style="font-family:monospace">Cheers</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span><span style="font-family:monospace">c</span></div></blockquote></div><br>

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