[LINK] Google did it!

[Ambrose Andrews]

On 9 November 2010 16:47, Tom Koltai <tomk at unwired.com.au> wrote:
>
>> But their commander, Eden Pastora, told Costa Rica's largest
>> newspaper, La Nacion, that Google Maps was used to
>> <http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=U
> TF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.nacion.com/2010-11-04/El
> Pais/NotasSecundarias/ElPais2577867.aspx>justify
> the incursion. Nicaraguan government officials have also blamed a
> "bug in Google" for the error.
>  [article shows two different maps: Google and Bing]
>
> The reason for the contretemps is obviously that the Nicauraguan
> Government has the same cost control on information charges as the
> Australian Government for maps.
>
> In other words, you wanna map? Then pay please.
> E,g,:


This doesn't necessarily apply to map *data*, however.

(I think the GA catalogue referred to physical paper maps)

Federal government GIS data is often free:

http://www.osdm.gov.au/OSDM/Policies+and+Guidelines/Spatial+Data+Access+and+Pricing/default.aspx

Eden Pastora, the army commander referred to in the original article
has something of a history of flamboyant military acts - he used to be
called 'commandante zero'.  A self-indulgent former 'contra' rebel
against the previous Sandinista government.

  -AA.

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