> Google maps also has a surprising range of functionalities, although you are pretty much restricted to Google's way of doing things (you cannot, for example c

> Google maps also has a surprising range of functionalities, although you are pretty much restricted to Google's way of doing things (you cannot, for example change the background map to be based on Open Street Map). the parenthetical is incorrect, cf. - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example#Example_-_Using_Google_Maps_API_v3_setting_OSM_as_a_base_map_layer http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example#Examp... - http://harrywood.co.uk/maps/examples/mapstractionv1/google-openstreetmap.html http://harrywood.co.uk/maps/examples/mapstractionv1/google-o...