[xargon7]

It was an interesting mix of "let's do a cool thing" and "imagine what can be done with this data!" Early on someone mentioned that NYC doesn't actually know for sure where all of the fire hydrants are _actually_ placed, and it may be possible to automatically extract the locations from the collected data.

More obviously, looking for the address signs of addresses that are expected along a street can dramatically improve driving directions.

Of course, the biggest business value was being able to generate the actual, underlying street maps without having to purchase that from companies that had already digitized and driven the streets.