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Four years after this article was written, nobody has a "monopoly on place," no monopoly has take over mapping, and OpenStreetMap is still the least convenient
by twblalock 9y ago
Four years after this article was written, nobody has a "monopoly on place," no monopoly has take over mapping, and OpenStreetMap is still the least convenient of many options.
At some point, vague appeals to freedom and decentralization need to be backed by evidence.
- emacsen 9y agoSadly, as much of a critic of OSM that I've become, this analysis of the situation is untrue. Mapping companies simply consolidated, and Google began agressively mapping on its own.