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Would it be an option to select something like:

"I want my ushahidi instance to completely run open source and open data"

which gives people the possibility to follow their ideal? In that
case, geocoding through google and geonames would also need to be
turned off and replaced by nominatim?



2010/12/29 george chamales <george@...>:
> In addition, I believe that the system uses Google to do geolocation of
> addresses that are entered into the submit report form.
>
> George Chamales
> Konpa Group
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> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Erik Hersman <erik@...> wrote:
>>
>> The only problem is a practical one Chris, that is that the OSM maps don't
>> have nearly as much detail as Google does in many locations globally.  We're
>> neutral on this topic, just pragmatic, as you saw when we switched from
>> Google to OSM in Haiti.
>> Erik Hersman
>>
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>> On Dec 29, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Chris Blow wrote:
>>
>> hello, happy Christmas everyone,
>>
>> to me, it makes sense to me to use an OSM baselayer as the default map for
>> several reasons:
>>
>> - legal: keeps the default install free of licensing issues
>> - design: removes the google logo from the page
>> - UX: avoids the nagging API key error (which is always my first
>> experience upon installation)
>> - community: strengthens a partnership with OSM, some of our strongest and
>> most important friends IMO
>>
>> thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> c
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