Tag Archives: OpenStreetMap
Why Foursquare Stopped Using Google Maps
Last October Google announced that they would start charging companies for placing Google Maps within their websites and services. Google was already charging some of the biggest users service fees that could hit six figures per year. Smaller websites started being charged when they generated an average of 25,000 map views per day. This is one of the biggest reasons why Foursquare started using OpenStreetMap, a user-contributed map service that is managed similarly as Wikipedia.
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Categories Google, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Sebastian Delmont
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Apple Joins The OpenStreetMap Foundation
Yesterday Apple had launched iPhoto for the iPad and iPhone. The company also recently switched to OpenStreetMap. Up until now, the desktop version of iPhoto and all of Apple’s iOS apps have been using Google Maps. However iPhoto for iOS uses Apple’s own map tiles made from OpenStreetMap data. The data that Apple is using is from April 2010. The data is currently missing the necessary credit to OpenStreetMap’s contributors right now, but the organizations plans on working with Apple to get it on there. [OpenStreetMap Foundation Blog]
Categories Apple Inc., OpenStreetMap
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Microsoft Hires OpenStreetMap Founder Steve Coast
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has hired CloudeMade and OpenStreetMap (OSM) founder Steve Coast as the “Principal Architect for Bing Mobile.” He will also work as the liaison of the “open map community.” About 320,000 people have participated in the OpenStreetMap project.
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Categories CloudeMade, Microsoft Corporation, OpenStreetMap, Steve Coast
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AOL Launches Open Source Map Project: OpenStreetMap
AOL has launched an open source United Kingdom based project called OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetMap focuses on user-created mapping and AOL is putting $1 million behind the project. Even though the project is U.K. based, users can navigate to use-created maps in any country.
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Categories America Online, AOL, Jon Brod, OpenStreetMap
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