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Google Microsoft Seznam.cz OpenStreetMap Foundation. Paid for by various individuals and companies. HERE: Apple: Yandex: Data Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps; Age of satellite imagery 1–3 years [dubious – discuss] 1–3 years [citation needed] 1–4 years No 1–3 years 1–3 ...
Mapbox, Inc. Mapbox is an American provider of custom online maps for websites and applications such as Foursquare, Lonely Planet, the Financial Times, The Weather Channel, Instacart, Strava and Snapchat. [3] Since 2010, it has rapidly expanded the niche of custom maps, as a response to the limited choice offered by map providers such as Google ...
OpenStreetMap (abbreviated OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and also import from other freely licensed geodata sources.
A tiled web map, slippy map[1] (in OpenStreetMap terminology) or tile map is a map displayed in a web browser by seamlessly joining dozens of individually requested image or vector data files. It is the most popular way to display and navigate maps, replacing other methods such as Web Map Service (WMS) which typically display a single large ...
United States. Apple Maps - covers the whole country. Bing Maps – covers the whole country. Google Maps - covers the whole country. Libre Map Project. MapQuest - covers the whole country. The National Map by the United States Geological Survey. Roadtrippers - covers the whole country. TerraServer-USA - covers the whole country.
Mapbox has defined an open standard for vector map tiles called "vector-tile-spec" which uses Google protocol buffers for space-efficient data serialisation. Web Mercator is the projection of reference, but vector tiles may be used to represent data with any projection and tile extent scheme. [7]
Collaborative mapping. Collaborative mapping, also known as citizen mapping, [1] is the aggregation of Web mapping and user-generated content, [2] from a group of individuals or entities, and can take several distinct forms. With the growth of technology for storing and sharing maps, collaborative maps have become competitors to commercial ...
The OpenStreetMap Foundation (abbreviated OSMF) is a non-profit foundation whose aim is to support and enable the development of freely-reusable geospatial data. Founded in 2006, it is closely connected with the OpenStreetMap project, although its constitution does not prevent it supporting other projects.