from nearmap ceo, page-5

Hi Mildman I agree with your view of things in respect to promotion of the company and its value. However, I also believe that in commercial terms the product and the service in the circumstance of the floods was saleable in the first place and If I were to find out tomorrow or sometime this week that someone has already acknowledged this and paid for the service I will regard that as a positive and it will in no way detract from the benefits of the publicity already received and continue to be recieved. It means we were able to market the product up front and get all that free advertising on the merits of the product rather than the fact that it was done at Ipernicas cost. If someone paid now they are likely to sign up and pay into the future.

Either way as you say it is very good coverage of the products worth but my business sense tells me it would not have been done gratis even if it was not the Brisbane City Council or State Government that paid. I will have no problem with the outcome if I am wrong on this except that lol my judgement must be in deterioration mode.

cheers