[Ubuntu-be] garmin&gps

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Wed, September 12, 2007 08:51, wannes wrote:
> 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 ... ;-)