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dotmike on June 23, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google maps cut prices by 88%

I think OSM will gain even more momentum as new open source tools to trace arieal satellite imagery before more abundant. IMHO, the future belongs to a curated crowd source content.

antidoh on June 23, 2012 [–]

Maybe it's just early days, but most of the time when I've tried OSM the sought address was shown in the wrong location, sometimes by blocks.

dotmike on June 24, 2012 | [–]

Yeah, that's true. There are still gaps in the set, but it has come a long way in the last few years.

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