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It's not OpenStreetMaps, it's OpenStreetMap.

• Aachen 2y ago
  I've always wondered why people keep adding the s. Is it marketing because Google Map sounds like a spelling mistake (missing 's after Google) and we're noticing the effect of that other brand, or is there something about OpenStreetMap that makes it seem like a plural project? People don't say Linuxes, Signals, or Androids
  • axelthegerman 2y ago
    Maybe because "Google Map" is actually called "Google Maps" (with the s)?
    • karussell 2y ago
      But where does the plural come from?
      • e_y_ 2y ago
        Maybe the old days when you needed multiple maps folded up on paper instead of one zoomable super map containing the entire world. Also "Google Map" sounds like a map of Google.
  • NoboruWataya 2y ago
    I think it's most likely that most of the other commonly used alternatives (most significantly Google Maps but also Apple Maps, Bing Maps, Maps.me) use the plural.
    • Doctor_Fegg 2y ago
      Whereas when OSM started, they didn't (StreetMap and Multimap in the UK, MapQuest in the US).