AWS has been tip-toeing into the maps space for a few years with their hosted GIS data. They have the infrastructure to create a very compelling imagery datase

AWS has been tip-toeing into the maps space for a few years with their hosted GIS data. They have the infrastructure to create a very compelling imagery dataset from their combination of Amazon Air, and Amazon Prime Air (drone delivery). Google flies planes to capture cities for Google Earth, but none of the other mapping companies are regularly capturing this data as part of their everyday business. I know someone is going to say "yeah, but you have to fly vertical and horizontal paths across cities to capture all the data", but I think that is a current limitation which will be resolved with large amounts of data and ML/AI.