http://blog.foursquare.com/2012/02/29/foursquare-is-joining-the-openstreetma...
"When we initially began looking around for other map providers, we found some incredibly strong alternatives. And while the new Google Maps API pricing was the reason we initially started looking into other solutions, we ultimately ended up switching because, after all our research and testing, OpenStreetMap and MapBox was simply the best fit for us."
Other companies doing similarly:
http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/why-and-how-weve-switched-away-from-google-ma http://www.fubra.com/blog/2011/11/24/google-maps-free-alternatives/
Looks like the model works.
- d.
2012/3/1 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
Other companies doing similarly:
http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/why-and-how-weve-switched-away-from-google-ma http://www.fubra.com/blog/2011/11/24/google-maps-free-alternatives/
... And, in case anybody missed this piece of news, so will Wikimedia's official mobile app in version 1.1, now in beta.
Test it now: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/272846
The developers will LOVE your bug reports!
(P.S.: Actually, the current implementation has some pretty severe bugs in rendering right-to-left text, but it will probably be fixed soon, and i'm happy about the direction in any case.)
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Both pieces of news are amazing. Thank you for the heads-up. :) SJ
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
2012/3/1 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
Other companies doing similarly:
http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/why-and-how-weve-switched-away-from-google-ma http://www.fubra.com/blog/2011/11/24/google-maps-free-alternatives/
... And, in case anybody missed this piece of news, so will Wikimedia's official mobile app in version 1.1, now in beta.
Test it now: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/272846
The developers will LOVE your bug reports!
(P.S.: Actually, the current implementation has some pretty severe bugs in rendering right-to-left text, but it will probably be fixed soon, and i'm happy about the direction in any case.)
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
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