Comments on: Wikimapia: P2P mapping tool in beta release https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/wikimapia-p2p-mapping-beta/2008/12/26 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Olivier Auber https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/wikimapia-p2p-mapping-beta/2008/12/26/comment-page-1#comment-359663 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:48 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2253#comment-359663 IMHO, wikimapia isn’t really P2P:

– data provided by people are becoming proprietary
– it uses Google Map (also proprietary)
– it isn’t possible to use the data for other purposes
– it is a central system

People seeking a real P2P mapping service should use http://openstreetmap.org (cc-by-sa)

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