Your openstreetmap news for today:

Atlanta Georgia announces huge mapathon push for openstreetmap
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305924.stm

A new start up wants to create a database of open data, like openstreetmap:
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/13/meet-factual-a-start-up-pushing-open-data/

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