Certainly. But OSM allows you (or anyone else) to use their data, make a startup or non-profit to implement such functionality. Google Maps, in contrast is a d

Certainly. But OSM allows you (or anyone else) to use their data, make a startup or non-profit to implement such functionality. Google Maps, in contrast is a data silo. Even if you put data in by contributing it, it's Google's data. The possibilities to implement new ideas on top of it is very limited. As others say, the stuff that people do with OSM is terrific. E.g. you have communities of mountainbikers who enter data about small paths, level of difficulty in the uphill/downhill direction, etc. You can extract a MTB-specific map out of it (which is exactly what openmtbmap does), which renders on your GPS such that all relevant information for mountainbiking is there, routing is adjusted such that you mainly use interesting paths, etc. There are a gazillion other interesting applications that are not possible at all with proprietary maps such as Google maps. Also, these days, the point of interest annotations are better than nearly any other map. Heck, in my area in Germany, even picnic tables, etc. are generally in there.