[Foundation-l] Foursquare ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMap

Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni at mail.huji.ac.il
Thu Mar 1 18:21:25 UTC 2012


2012/3/1 David Gerard <dgerard at 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.)

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