Just to clarify, OSM is a map tile data source, while they do have feature data like business locations these are usually added on top of the map, as an separat

Just to clarify, OSM is a map tile data source, while they do have feature data like business locations these are usually added on top of the map, as an separate layer by other entities, not by OSM. Maintaining all those locations would mean a lot of work ( Moneygram for example has around 300.000 locations [0]) that usually involves some sort of revenue, ie displaying ads like Google does. [0] http://www.moneygram.com/MGICorp/campaigns/moneytransfer/index.htm http://www.moneygram.com/MGICorp/campaigns/moneytransfer/ind... edit: added link