Google using locals to create maps of Indian cities

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• Google
• TiE

1. A few months back, I’d written about an open source mapping initiative for the city of Mumbai, where surveyors used GPS kits to generate extensively detailed maps of the city.
   Now, O’reilly Radar reports that Google is using similar methods to generate detailed maps for Indian cities. They refer to a transcribed speech by Michael Jones, [...] (Read Full Article)
   
   

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