This is more of a testament to HTTP/HTML though. It's a universal format for storing and retrieving information. OpenStreetMap is, along with every other geo d

This is more of a testament to HTTP/HTML though. It's a universal format for storing and retrieving information. OpenStreetMap is, along with every other geo data project, limited by the common coordinate systems we have for storing and retrieving geospatial data -- and these are almost always planetary, not universal.