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Jan 25, 2008
OpenStreetMap project completes import of United States TIGER data
OpenStreetMap (OSM) has completed the bulk import of comprehensive street and highway data for the United States, months ahead of the project's original estimates. The massive data set originated with the US Census Bureau's public domain map database, and importing it required a dedicated upload process running around the clock since August 2007. The imported data will still require human editing and error-correction, but the completed task is a major milestone for the OSM project. read more...
IBM cosies up to Linux distros
It would seem that IBM is now cosying up closer to Linux distributions, following an announcement that it would offer its open collaboration client solution with support for Ubuntu and that it entered a new agreement with Red Hat. Big Blue also mentioned that the agreement made with Novell last August, to use SUSE Linux Enterprise with its open collaboration client solution, was gaining momentum read more...
