Nestoria is one of those companies that was told it would have to start paying real money for Google Maps. When Google couldn't tell it exactly how much, Nestoria kicked Mountain View to the curb and ...

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 ...

Skobbler, a mapping startup based in Germany and Romania, recently announced that it had rolled out a new web-based map based on the crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap project, featuring HTML5 positioning ...

As more private companies offer us maps, we need an open-source, editable solution - a cartographical Wikipedia Every time I tell someone about OpenStreetMap, they inevitably ask "Why not use Google ...

Scout for iPhone, a free turn-by-turn navigation app, will be automatically updated this week with map data that can be altered and improved by the app’s users through the OpenStreetMap (OSM) ...

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 ...