This fantastic animation was presented at Minibar last Friday. Looks like OSM are really starting to give Ordinance Survey a run for their money.

Ordinance Survey holds much more accurate geo-data, so this crowd sourced data set wont destroy their entire business. However, they do need to act fast if they want to stay in the bigger picture as many applications like Sat Nav don’t need millimeter perfect maps – near enough is good enough.

I really hope they can adapt their business model as 300 years of history is a terrible thing to waste.

OSM 2008: A Year of Edits from ItoWorld on Vimeo.