Could you be more specific about how one gets "the data about a street and what other streets intersect it" from the Google Maps API Web Services? I'm not seeing it.

Many online maps are low contrast so that overlays (e.g. tracks in different colors, polygonal areas, markers) will stand out. With the OpenStreetMap data, one can set up their own rendering styles; here are some examples.

In addition to uMap, you might look into MapBBCode.

Really? OpenStreetMap can have speed limits and turn restrictions, and also where restrictions are enforced. I'm wondering how you concluded that "obsolete by design" and "lack of planning" applied to OpenStreetMap.

Can said bike lane exposure be verifiably tagged?

Unlike Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap doesn't allow anonymous edits. So vandalism is rare.

Your summary of the the purported border width says 100 km (62 miles), but the actual claim is 161 km (100 miles), as seen in your excerpt. Watch those units!

Tracking tickets: iD@GitHub, EFF-HTTPS Everywhere@Tor

Grr, I'm back from years gone, and I see that sill Slashdot decided to nest your comment #38697312 under drinkypoo's #38697710. Hmph.

You're missing drinkypoo's point. Having the Feds "get involved" sets only an expectation of theatrics (e.g. hearings). Involvement without producing action (and action, as drinkypoo implied, in terms of negative consequences, didn't occur previously; they instead got a sort of probation) would be a waste of time/money.

Something enabling the typing of your thoughts would be patentable according to Phelan:

Tangibility is not an issue. The “physical effect”, transformation or change of character resides in the customer manipulating their computer and creating an order. It matters not that the “goods” ordered are not physically changed.

Per Phelan, you are changed.

For GPL v3, one is obliged to provide the source only to those who have the binary code (6b). However, for GPL v2, the offer must be valid for any third party (3b). And it doesn't necessarily apply anyway for v3, due to the termination section (v3 section 8 has taken effect).

A GPS receiver is less expensive than a GPS navigation system, but could be paired with your phone/PDA/laptop.