Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon have launched their open-source mapping project
www.theverge.com
Watch out, Apple and Google.
  • MazonnaCara89@lemmy.mlOP
    10·
    1 year ago

    But OSM is not a simple map but a database of data, what you see on their site is only an implementation of what you can do with the data.

    • what_is_a_name@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      All maps are a collection of databases. Points, geometries and so much more. It’s all a database that gets the. Processed into a map UI.

        • what_is_a_name@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          Not if you’re using them commercially as an API. I have used various Google Maps APIs on a number of projects. It’s all databases.

          • MazonnaCara89@lemmy.mlOP
            2·
            1 year ago

            That API doesn’t let you do everything tho, only a number of operations like embed Google Maps on their websites or apps, perform geocoding operations, get directions, and more.

            It doesn’t give you direct access to the database!