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"TomTom is contributing €20,000 to the OSMF ... In November 2022, TomTom announced that data from open-source projects such as OSM will be one of the super sour
by shapefrog 4y ago
"TomTom is contributing €20,000 to the OSMF ... In November 2022, TomTom announced that data from open-source projects such as OSM will be one of the super sources that power its Maps Platform."
20k for the data to power your Maps Platform ... cheap at 10x the price.
- cf100clunk 4y agoThey involuntarily paid Microsoft some licence fees for the FAT32 file system way back when. This OSM contribution is voluntary. I'm not sure what part or proportion of TomTom's services used by Microsoft either contain or rely on OSM data: https://news.microsoft.com/2019/02/04/tomtom-expands-partnership-with-microsoft-to-power-microsoft-cloud-offerings-with-location-based-services/ https://news.microsoft.com/2019/02/04/tomtom-expands-partner...