[Ubuntu-be] garmin&gps

[wannes]

2007/9/11, Amedee Van Gasse <amedee at amedee.be>:
>
> On Tue, September 11, 2007 20:13, Nicolas Pettiaux wrote:
>
> > Exact, but one of the issue, is that in Belgium for example, most of
> > the maps and datas are collected by the National Geographic Institute
> > (a former miltary department, now civil but still heavily connected to
> > the army) and they are paid by our taxes money. They charge for their
> > data, and sell the to private people as well as companies who
> > sometimes resell them.
>
> For road maps too? That is done by other companies like Geocart and De
> Rouck (in .be)

Euhm, on the maps of the NGI are roads to ... ;-)

Other governement organisation that collects geo-information (and
charges if you want to use it):
http://www.agiv.be/gis/diensten/geo-vlaanderen/?catid=8


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