You have a choice when it comes to maps, and the answer isn’t as clear as it used to be. Google’s maps are still king, but OpenStreetMap is making a name for itself, gaining favor among many apps and ...

OpenStreetMap (OSM), the crowdsourced mapping project that lets anyone update and edit online maps, has announced that it now supports Bing Streetside imagery in its online iD editor. This represents ...

In February, we compared maps of Sochi's Olympic venues from Google Maps and OpenStreetMap, the massively crowdsourced world map created by volunteers. OSM's maps easily swept the medals, with far ...

Google Maps may be the dominant player in the mapping business still, but there's a rising star in an open-source competitor called OpenStreetMap that's been heavily backed by Microsoft. Due to the ...

This definition of omnipresent sums up many facets of society. Fast food chains? Everywhere. Reality TV shows? You know the answer. And what about Google? Yup, right again. What started as a simple ...

Following its decision to drop support for Google Maps and utilise the OpenStreetMap Foundation’s (OSM) data in its new iPhoto iOS app, Apple has finally credited its use of the Foundation’s open ...

‘Pokémon Go’ has switched its map service from Google Maps to OSM, and that might change your in-game display. Are Niantic and Google having a fight? ‘Pokémon Go’ is available now on Android and iOS.

Wikipedia’s “crowdsourced knowledge” model has created a spectacular resource, but everyone knows the big caveat: if the data’s important, don’t trust the online encyclopedia without verifying it ...

March 19, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google For a quick set of directions it's tough to beat Google Maps, but what if you need to use the map data for ...

Google has become the king of maps because of the technology that it has developed over the past eight years. One competitor, OpenStreetMap, has developed its own tools and built a community of map ...