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 ...

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 ...

Since launching in 2004, OpenStreetMap (OSM) has evolved from a modest attempt to build an open map into a mature global geospatial ecosystem. Its development can be traced through measurable progress ...

No audio available for this content. A European region in 2015. (Image: OpenStreetMap) A tool developed by Mapbox explores “10 years of OpenStreetMap.” During that decade, hundreds of thousands of ...

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 ...

It’s an open secret that Apple is actively looking for ways to extricate itself from Google’s sphere of influence, and one sliver of evidence of that can be found in the new iPhoto for iOS: ...

No audio available for this content. OpenStreetMap, the user-created map used by many of the biggest sites on the web, has today unveiled an entirely new editor that makes it easier to contribute than ...

MapQuest this morning announced the launch of its first U.S. site built on OpenStreetMap data, an information source encouraging consumer contributions. This was to be expected, after online mapping ...

An update to the iPhoto application for iOS has added proper attribution to the OpenStreetMap Foundation for mapping data included in the software. When iPhoto for iOS was released in March, the ...

Apple has finally acknowledged that its iPhoto application for the iPhone and iPad uses OpenStreetMap data. Open up a map in iPhoto for iOS and one of the first things you'll notice is that the ...