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1. www.bloomberg.com › news › articlesOpenStreetMap Charts a Controversial New Direction - Bloomberg

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   Feb 19, 2021 · As Apple, Facebook, Amazon and other private companies play larger roles in OpenStreetMap, some volunteers worry that the open-source project is losing its way.

2. joemorrison.medium.com › openstreetmap-is-having-aOpenStreetMap is Having a Moment - joemorrison.medium.com

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   Nov 18, 2020 · The open secret Jennings filled me in on is that OpenStreetMap (OSM) is now at the center of an unholy alliance of the world’s largest and wealthiest technology companies. The most valuable companies in the world are treating OSM as critical infrastructure for some of the most-used software ever written. The four companies in the inner circle ...

3. www.reddit.com › r › openstreetmapWhy I don’t believe in contributing to OSM anymore

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   Take Garmin. In their cycling-orientated GPS navigation units --- the Edge series -- are using the OSM map as their base. Also, the big difference is that Apple Maps and Google Maps employ people and use AI to scour the web to get things like the opening hours of a business. OSM is based on crowd-sourced information.

4. techcrunch.com › 2024/08/10 › one-man-decided-toOne man decided to take on Google Maps; 20 years later ...

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   Aug 10, 2024 · “OpenStreetMap managed to map the world and give the data away for free for almost no money at all,” Coast notes. “It managed to sidestep almost all the problems that Wikipedia has by virtue ...

5. www.reddit.com › r › openstreetmapGoogle flips the switch on its next big money maker: Maps

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   45 votes, 16 comments. 15K subscribers in the openstreetmap community. Questions and discussions for OpenStreetMap. Coins. 0 coins. Premium Powerups

6. www.reddit.com › r › openstreetmapOSM alternative to Google maps? : r/openstreetmap - Reddit

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   The only way to tell is that they share the same address. ... it's not transparent how they make money. ... (at the expense of losing traffic, weather, and so forth ...

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   Is OpenStreetMap losing its way?

   • As Apple, Facebook, Amazon and other private companies play larger roles in OpenStreetMap, some volunteers worry that the open-source project is losing its way. Ten companies have emerged as big behind-the-scenes players in OpenStreetMap, an open-source mapping service.

   OpenStreetMap Charts a Controversial New Direction - Bloomberg

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   What is OpenStreetMap & why is it so important?

   • The open secret Jennings filled me in on is that OpenStreetMap (OSM) is now at the center of an unholy alliance of the world’s largest and wealthiest technology companies. The most valuable companies in the world are treating OSM as critical infrastructure for some of the most-used software ever written.

   OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment. The Billion Dollar

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   Is OpenStreetMap the 'Wikipedia for maps'?

   • They all use the same source of geospatial data: OpenStreetMap, a free, open-source online mapping service akin to Google Maps or Apple Maps. But unlike those corporate-owned mapping platforms, OSM is built on a network of mostly volunteer contributors. Researchers have described it as the “Wikipedia for maps.”

   OpenStreetMap Charts a Controversial New Direction - Bloomberg

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   Where do you use OpenStreetMap data?

   • For me, I see openstreetmap data used in all kinds of surprising an unsurprising places. A common example, where it is used, is on Facebook, where every map shown is based on openstreetmap data. All hiking apps use OSM. Google and Apple are nowhere. Same for bicycle touring or cycling in general. Google Maps are utterly useless for that.

   Why I don’t believe in contributing to OSM anymore

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   Is OpenStreetMap having a moment?

   • OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment. The Billion Dollar Dataset Next Door | by Joe Morrison | Medium Special thanks to Jennings Anderson who looked over an early draft of this post and helped me refine it. Also, as usual, the views expressed herein do not represent those of my parents, my wife, my dentist, or my employer.

   OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment. The Billion Dollar

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   How many people use OpenStreetMap?

   • Today, OpenStreetMap claims more than 10 million contributors who map out and fine-tune everything from streets and buildings, to rivers, canyons and everything else that constitutes our built and natural environments.

   One man decided to take on Google Maps; 20 years later OpenStreetM…

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8. www.openstreetmap.org › user › Jennings AndersonA 2021 Update on Paid Editing in OpenStreetMap

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   Mar 30, 2021 · Posted by Jennings Anderson on 30 March 2021 in English. Recent articles and blog posts about paid editing in OSM has renewed interest in the topic on social media and OSM discussion channels. The data and numbers presented in these discussions primarily come from a paper I co-authored in 2019, and are now outdated.