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yellowbkpk on Oct 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenStreetMap is the Most Important thing in Geo

I think you'll find that there are plenty of companies making lots of money selling services on top of OSM's "inconsistent" data. Mapbox sells an extremely powerful map styling system, geocoding/searching, and routing. Mapzen sells similar services. MapQuest offers services using OSM data. Apple Maps uses OSM data in areas where commercial data isn't available.

I think you'll find that OSM is great for more than just simple stuff. In fact using and contributing to it is a million dollar industry.

incanus77 on Oct 20, 2015 [–]

Mapzen isn't selling anything.

yellowbkpk on Oct 20, 2015 | [–]

True 'nuf. I suppose I meant "selling" in terms of promoting, not dollar bills.

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