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"Tube":1yjfs4d9 wrote: Where was that?[/quote:1yjfs4d9]Puerto Iguazú: a fairly important tourist town, I'd have thought. And Argentina's hardly Libya.
[img:1yjfs4d9]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/thebeernut/iguazumaps.jpg[/img:1yjfs4d9]

"Andrew":yuc3rgzc wrote: The problem there is that Google have not quantified what constitutes a 'Page Load'.[/quote:yuc3rgzc]
I think they did, but anyway they say only the busiest 0.35% of sites using their maps will be affected. I think we're safe enough for now!

"Andrew":yuc3rgzc wrote: It's a pity that the OSi won't release their digital data.[/quote:yuc3rgzc]
They will, it's the price that's the problem!

"TheBeerNut":yuc3rgzc wrote: Puerto Iguazú[/quote:yuc3rgzc]
Wow, that's mad. Haven't heard of the company they bought the map data from.

"Tube":2673ay7c wrote:

"Andrew":2673ay7c wrote: It's a pity that the OSi won't release their digital data.[/quote:2673ay7c]
They will, it's the price that's the problem![/quote:2673ay7c]

I was thinking of something along the lines of OpenSpace from the OSGB.

Anyway maybe we should consider a move to OSM or at least have it as a selectable option.

"Andrew":224rtm3p wrote: The only thing I'd be concerned about is Google's recent announcement that they will be looking to charge for Google Map usage shortly.[/quote:224rtm3p]
The cynic in me says that this was the plan all along.
You get nothing for nothing.
I live in Ennis, Co. Clare, which was a mere crossroads on OSM. I has some time for a while so took to my car with my GPS and plotted all of Ennis.
If a town is missing and you have the time and inclination, you can add it yourself.
OSM will always be free, the only thing its as good as the mapper.

"Tube":3puvrd1j wrote: Just panning around OSM there now. A lot of metadata missing. For example, my home town (Carrick-on-Shannon) has no street names at all. Longford and Roscommon not great either. Other parts of it are very good tho.[/quote:3puvrd1j]

Time to join the community then <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D --> .The data around Foxrock and Cornelscourt was very sparse before I added them in.