Discussion: google maps time moat

You should flag this as NSFW, its way too interesting

Well it should be required reading for those whose work involves maps. Makes me wonder how long our sport can exist with a paper map at a fixed scale.

That's on an orienteering level, on a society level its somewhat scary the extent of what Google knows about our environs. Along with GPS providers who require you to get at the data thru their website, no device-to-computer link being available...

This was really interesting. Thanks for posting!

This is why I hate the fact that Tesla is using (at least here in Scandinavia) Google maps for the 17" screen but some other vendor for the routing, and that one is based on significantly less updated maps.

An interesting read for us map lovers.

Thanks for posting. That is a fascinating discussion and analysis.

May we expect the MC to have a project looking at what an electronic map for orienteering would look like?

Oliver O’Brien's “Street-O” map generator is probably a good preview of what orienteering maps of the future will be. Just browse to the area of interest, select the map style of your choice, and start designing your courses.