Will Google Own the World? (Seeking Alpha)

Who will own our geography? Will latitude and longitude mappings to businesses, points of interest, historical landmarks, and natural wonders be a public resource (like today's Internet), or will those mappings be for sale to the highest bidder?

Said another way, when you ask for directions to the best outlook over the Grand Canyon, will you hear about the wonders of the view or will it be brought you by Fedex or the local Burger King?

We could do worse for a public way to map our real world. And if we don't? With Google (GOOG) Maps and Google Earth already compiling much of this data, Google might end up owning our world instead.