> They most likely just downloaded openstreetmap database and spent nothing. Do you have any source that the logical and easy thing is not what they did? Yes,

> They most likely just downloaded openstreetmap database and spent nothing. Do you have any source that the logical and easy thing is not what they did? Yes, openstreetmap's data was WAYYYY better than Apple Maps at launch. In central London Apple Maps had such bad data that some of the business listings hadn't existed since before Apple Inc was formed as company, which were certainly not problems in openstreetmap.