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This note is issued in light of the news item that appeared in mathrubhumi today. | This note is issued by Free Software User's group , Thriuvananthapuram , in the light of the news item that appeared in mathrubhumi today. | ||
Link: http://www.mathrubhumi.com/php/newFrm.php?news_id=123843&n_type=HO&category_id=3&Farc=&previous=Y | Link: http://www.mathrubhumi.com/php/newFrm.php?news_id=123843&n_type=HO&category_id=3&Farc=&previous=Y | ||
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1. National Institute of Technology, Calicut Mapping Party | 1. National Institute of Technology, Calicut Mapping Party | ||
Link: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NITC_mapping_party | Link: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NITC_mapping_party | ||
2. Technopark, Trivandrum Mapping Party | 2. Technopark, Trivandrum Mapping Party | ||
Link: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Trivandrum_mapping_party_12_dec | Link: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Trivandrum_mapping_party_12_dec | ||
3. Fort Cochin Heritage Walk Mapping | 3. Fort Cochin Heritage Walk Mapping | ||
Link: http://geohackers.in/projects/fort_cochin_mapping_party | Link: http://geohackers.in/projects/fort_cochin_mapping_party | ||
This is a call to share the mapping data with the openstreetmap venture and hence make the data available for anyone to use freely. By doing this we are assuring that the data can be read and modified by everyone and not locked away in Google's servers. | This is a call to share the mapping data with the openstreetmap venture and hence make the data available for anyone to use freely. By doing this we are assuring that the data can be read and modified by everyone and not locked away in Google's servers. | ||