I can understand why the tech giants are getting involved in mapping. There are some really cool things being built with OSM and other data, like OpenRouteServi

I can understand why the tech giants are getting involved in mapping. There are some really cool things being built with OSM and other data, like OpenRouteService [1] (Google Maps navigation for OSM), OpenTopoMap [2] (space shuttle topological data overlaid as contours on OSM), ORBIS [3] (Google Maps navigation for the Roman road network), and loads of detailed maps using OSM data directly but with a particular purpose like OpenRailwayMap [4] and OpenInfrastructureMap [5]. I'd go beyond what the article says about OSM being the atlas to Wikipedia's encyclopedia: I'd say it's becoming the spatial knowledge base equivalent to nothing seen before in history. This truly is an awesome, revolutionary tool that has shown its true potential. I look forward to the awesome things we've not even thought of being built with OSM data, and, I hope, all continuing to be free. [1] https://maps.openrouteservice.org/ https://maps.openrouteservice.org/ [2] https://opentopomap.org/ https://opentopomap.org/ [3] https://orbis.stanford.edu/ https://orbis.stanford.edu/ [4] https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ [5] https://openinframap.org/ https://openinframap.org/