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Hi Doug

I my country (Argentina), as in many others, public geodata is not available for free. For instance, the Instituto Geográfico Militar (a public institution who makes the "Oficial Maps of Argentina") wants money for a simple digital dataset with names of cities and roads of my country. Money for basic info about the country. I don´t think this is rigth. That kind of information Must be public for free.
So, if my government tries to make money with MY data...well...welcome Google to help me do the job to make that data available for free!

Yes, Google it´s going to use that info to make maps available where they will put adds and earn money. But they also give me a great service for free. Everyone wins.

Related with Street View: A message to the ones who maybe "disturbed" or concerned about their privacy: Guys, you don´t have to do wrong things, never. No matter if there´s someone taking a picture of you.... =)

Regards