In the world of online mapping, it feels like things aren’t quite going in Google’s direction these days: Apple switched away from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap when it launched iPhoto for 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 ...

From internet protocols and operating systems, to databases and cloud services, some technology is so omnipresent most people don’t even know it exists. The same can be said about OpenStreetMap, the ...

First it was Foursquare. And then Apple. Now, it's Wikipedia's turn to switch from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap. Wikipedia's decision, announced in a blog post, is likely to raise more questions about ...

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The Wikipedia Mobile apps for iOS and Android have been updated — and in what is becoming an increasingly common trend, both have dropped Google Maps in favor of the open-source OpenStreetMap. The ...

You can add another name to the list of companies dropping Google Maps in favor of OpenStreetMap. When Wikipedia announced its new app for iOS today, they also announced that they would be using ...

Wikipedia updated its Android and iOS apps today, but the noteworthy feature is that the online encyclopedia-like website dumped Google Maps for OpenStreetMap, which marks a growing trend for ...

Mr. Wroclawski still believes in the thought and possibilities of OSM, but it is something that can go forward because "decision making is insufficient" which is the so-called "general problem of the ...

In the age of the internet, for the layperson, maps have gone beyond mere geographical markers or things one saw in an Atlas and forgot about. It has become the key to getting things done online, from ...