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morning~~
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hmm.. 10.05pm le wor
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11.55pm le...
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Ok how do I go to potong pasir from the PIE?
Anybody knows?
www.streetdirectory.com/routes has been down for 2 days now... I'm having a panic attack. Please help please help please please please...
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streetdirectory.com is gone forever. If u're coming from the west, simply exit at Exit 15, turn left onto Upp Serangoon Rd, then for another 600m then left to Potong Pasir. If u're coming from the eats, exit at Exit 12, turn left onto Bendemeer Rd, immediately filter right to Whampoa North to make a U-turn onto Upp Serangoon Rd, then continue for 1km to Potong Pasir.
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why are they gone forever then?
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
streetdirectory.com is gone forever.
If u’re coming from the west, simply exit at Exit 15, turn left onto Upp Serangoon Rd, then for another 600m then left to Potong Pasir.
If u’re coming from the eats, exit at Exit 12, turn left onto Bendemeer Rd, immediately filter right to Whampoa North to make a U-turn onto Upp Serangoon Rd, then continue for 1km to Potong Pasir.
OMG!!!
Why is it gone forever!!!
OMG OMG OMG...
Ok exit bendemeer road, okie! Noted. Jotting it down right now. Btw how did you figure it out? Maybe I need a huge Singapore map.
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hmm.. but hor. how you knoe it's gone forever? wat happen though?
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Erm... I can't explain how I figured it out.
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Originally posted by rlsh07:
hmm.. but hor. how you knoe it's gone forever? wat happen though?
they lost court case to SLA, then now lost appeal. -
do you have the article ?
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no..... they closed since early this week. nothing.
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
they lost court case to SLA, then now lost appeal.What case was it?
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then where u get the news then?
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HWZ forums. :lol:
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Originally posted by soleachip:
What case was it?
Breach of licence when using SLA's maps.... they were themselves suing other people previously for using their maps. -
hmm.. too bad for them though. hopefully singapore will set up another website though.
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
Breach of licence when using SLA's maps.... they were themselves suing other people previously for using their maps.Hey streetdirectory.com is really, really good. Shouldn't shut it down. Should have simply taken it over and continued with the site.
I depend on it for life!!!
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oh well.. dun knoe wat they are thinking too. why must sue here n sue there?
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High Court dismisses Virtual Map's appeal
VM failed to explain why its maps had SLA 'fingerprints'
Business Times, The (Singapore)
News – Singapore
March 26, 2008
Author: Chew Xiang
THE High Court yesterday dismissed with costs an appeal by Virtual Map (VM) against a District Court judgment that its online maps infringed the copyright of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA).
Virtual Map (Singapore) provides road maps through its popular streetdirectory.com website.
Low Chai Chong, lawyer for VM, told BT yesterday the company has instructed its lawyers to file an appeal with the Court of Appeal if the High Court gives permission to do so.
'In the interim, VM will also be applying to stay the judgment pending the appeal,' Mr Low said. If the stay is granted, the maps can remain on line until the appeal is heard.
In his ruling, Justice Tan Lee Meng said VM had 'failed to establish why there were innumerable 'fingerprints' of SLA's works in its maps'.
It also failed to establish that it had created its maps independently, Justice Tan said.
During the hearing, SLA said numerous phantom details it inserted into its maps found their way into VM's online maps, which showed they were substantially copies of SLA data.
For example, SLA had labelled a non-existent building a temple and placed it beside Block 891A, Woodlands Drive 50 in one version of its map. This 'temple' showed up on VM's online map.
Even genuine mistakes, such as a wrongly recorded road direction arrow and mislabelled buildings, were reproduced, Justice Tan noted.
From 1999 to 2004, SLA granted VM a licence to use its map data to produce online maps. The agreement was ended in 2004.
SLA took legal action against VM in Oct 2005 when VM continued displaying maps online that allegedly infringed SLA's copyright.
Last August, District Judge Thian Yee Sze ruled for SLA, awarding costs and compensation.
She also ordered VM to destroy or deliver up all infringing material. VM then appealed to the High Court.
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why dun SLA do something like streetdirectory.com then?
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u are not reading my posts... anyway good night!
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i'm reading lo. hmm...
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Originally posted by soleachip:
Hey streetdirectory.com is really, really good. Shouldn't shut it down. Should have simply taken it over and continued with the site.
I depend on it for life!!!
there's the official street map (url above), but no driving directions, just a map. probably also good, so everyone can start to memorise maps and be a pro driver.
