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Steve Coast: Discussing the Future of Maps & Tech with the Founder of OpenStreetMap (& why he thinks maps will disappear) - MBM #30
Minds Behind Maps
Open Street Maps - What Are They?
For most of my life maps were utility. You buy a map because it helps you achieve some other goal. Then they become entertainment, like in open street maps. In the self-driving car world, which is really not far away at all, you don't need a map on the screen anymore. I think maps are going to be automated. And that's a good thing. We replace a lot of humans with spreadsheets or whatever and we just make these maps automatically. And then I think maps will diffuse and become part of the background radiation of the universe.
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