Agreed. This is an exciting area to watch battles in innovation over the years. Note how Amazon also recently announced their own mapping API (using Nokia's or

Agreed. This is an exciting area to watch battles in innovation over the years. Note how Amazon also recently announced their own mapping API (using Nokia's or UpNext's mapping data, I think). http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4532099 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4532099 All of the big boys are angling to be in the game (don't forget Bing maps). I may keep a folded paper map handy whilst traveling abroad, however, for the foreseeable future.