On the contrary, I see gmaps having map and satellite data that has been and still is out of date for years now. OSM has much more detailed data and is up to d

On the contrary, I see gmaps having map and satellite data that has been and still is out of date for years now. OSM has much more detailed data and is up to date here. So I really don't see what's so impressive about gmaps. The only major advantage they have is the ability to scoop up data from users, as well as the network effects that lead to people posting their photos and other stuff on Google. As always, I'd rather have all map data be free & open. It's not cool that all this effort is concentrated in the hands of one company who can do whatever they want and prevent you from doing cool & useful things with the data. Crowdsourced data should belong to the crowd.