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A: The business model that Waze plans to use involves keeping Waze free by selling map and traffic data[http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3142#p3142]. The CC license used by OSM does not allow this. Waze is currently looking at a collaboration solution[http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3140#p3140]. In the meantime, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topologically_Integrated_Geographic_Encoding_and_Referencing US TIGER] data has been imported[http://www.waze.com/faq/#8]. | A: The business model that Waze plans to use involves keeping Waze free by selling map and traffic data[http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3142#p3142]. The CC license used by OSM does not allow this. Waze is currently looking at a collaboration solution[http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3140#p3140]. In the meantime, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topologically_Integrated_Geographic_Encoding_and_Referencing US TIGER] data has been imported[http://www.waze.com/faq/#8]. | ||
=== Integration with Trapster? === | |||
Waze has attempted to open a discussion with Trapster, but Trapster has shown less interest so far[http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=300]. | |||
Revision as of 10:43, 20 October 2009
Welcome to the Waze Wiki FAQ. This FAQ is user-maintained and designed to supplement the official and technical FAQs:.
How about OpenStreetMap?
Q: OpenStreeMap has extensive map data, licensed under the Creative Commons license. Why doesn't Waze use this data? Isn't it a waste of effort to rebuild all map data from scratch?
A: The business model that Waze plans to use involves keeping Waze free by selling map and traffic data[1]. The CC license used by OSM does not allow this. Waze is currently looking at a collaboration solution[2]. In the meantime, US TIGER data has been imported[3].
Integration with Trapster?
Waze has attempted to open a discussion with Trapster, but Trapster has shown less interest so far[4].