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Created 01/09/2012 - 1 year ago
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, it kicked Mountain View to the curb and switched to OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative effort to map the globe.
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Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms: http://t.co/YCn9YeWA #opendata #mapping #GIS MT @timberners_lee @openstreetmap
RT @openstreetmap: "The detail that a community adds is way beyond a commercial provider". Wired on OpenStreetMap: http://t.co/ldOjHBvc
RT @francbartoli RT @urbandata: Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms: http://t.co/r6sCz1Wd #open... http://t.co/te4WJp7d
RT @cfarivar: Wired: Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms http://t.co/DESEEaCu @BGuri @alanwiig
@disruptivegeo Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms | Wired Enterprise | http://t.co/bk6IHtqt http://t.co/oxr0ZxVj
Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms | http://t.co/Zccyo3jH http://t.co/2WUAqMW7
RT @nestoria: Some more coverage of our switch to OSM maps in Wired http://t.co/fcjeOTZe
@tsinn Dude! Nice Wired quote! As @GeoSprocket also climbs out from under the Google paywall . . . http://t.co/hrv4jaeD
RT @dennistang: have not read an article about maps for a loooong time http://t.co/6FTxu0gx #formerlife
Don't be evil mis cojones. http://t.co/rmjAf7vv
Open Source Maps, or #OSM, gains ground with commercial backing http://t.co/1wuwSaNN #opensource #crowdsource via @calebgarling @wired
RT @1p3g: #OpenStreetMap matters! here is why http://t.co/rMsc2Nwd
Another article, with more background, about startups switching from Google Map to alternatives based on OpenStreetMap http://t.co/zceARfHT
Very interesting crowdsourced mapping service/Google Maps alternative http://t.co/B15z3YRL via @timberners_lee cc @openstreetmap
“@debbryant: Wired news: @openstreetmaps project kicks Google to the curb #gis #foss #oss #opendata #mapquest http://t.co/XvphxVUe”
Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms #opensource #openstreetmaps http://t.co/kriDDeLQ
Hilarious, I just blogged about this: Open Sources Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms | Wired.com http://t.co/bP08MoHa
“@1p3g: #OpenStreetMap matters! here is why http://t.co/01drnE4x” Meer weten? http://t.co/ND5VlB83 (via @mvexel)
#nestoria's switch from Google Maps to #OSM getting a lot of attention. #geo http://t.co/izFfCt8U
Open Street Map is gaining well deserved momentum - Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms - http://t.co/qUtpBbqH
RT @roseveleth: In which @franciediep http://t.co/8Q1lokuF scoops @wired http://t.co/BxHRgpRA
Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms tinyurl.com/6vqcusv Just as Encyclopedia Britannica led to Wikipedia... #google
MapQuest strikes back. RT @franciediep: Cool--companies moving to @openstreetmap instead of Google maps http://t.co/fnSv2vYV
OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative effort to map the globe as Google Paywall Looms - http://t.co/Bz7u6y1v #Opace #opensource #google
RT @IqbalGandham: Open Source Maps Gain Ground as Google Paywall Looms /by @CalebGarling http://t.co/UUe0qFDI. Time to move
Google wants money for maps? Try open source maps: http://t.co/XcsRChyM #OSM #opensource
@Google gets the tiniest bit evil, the world (even @Microsoft) offers up an open, crowd-sourced option for maps http://t.co/3IJxZbqZ
Go OSM - http://t.co/yLcT6p99