As You Consider Giving Away Your Authoritative Data…
consider what happened in British Columbia. At first Google gave the province free Pro licenses. But after a year, they expired and the government (Environment Ministry) had to shell out a few thousand dollars. In addition, the city spent the money to put the data into KML for Google. A critic notes:
“The province’s extensive image mapping database has real value to a company like Google. But instead of getting a good deal for taxpayers, this looks like another B.C. Liberal giveaway,” said NDP environment critic Rob Fleming.
- Vancouver Sun via Ogle Earth
by Adena Schutzberg on 07/14 at 06:00 AM |
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