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Zero mentions of OpenStreetMap in that story. Can't be surprised I guess.

• outside1234 9y ago
  There are zero mentions of any other open source project too. The good news is that having a commercial platform on OpenStreetMaps is a good thing (tm) - they are driving a lot of improvements to the dataset and the licensing on it means that they have to as they improve it. That's a good thing in my book, but yes, all of this investment would be impossible without OSM.
  • anc84 9y ago
    They are also driving a lot of crappy contributions. They have huge power to push their own vision in terms of data and tags based on their money. There are many other commercial providers based on OSM's many possibilities. Mapbox have great marketing.
    • maxerickson 9y ago
      What are the worst examples of money driven tags?
  • rmc 9y ago
    But Mapbox couldn't exist without OSM... They are a mapping company (it's in the name), and where do they get their maps?