Some OpenStreetMap links

OpenStreetMap – The Best Map
Introduction to OSM from Steve Coast, originator of the project
http://opengeodata.org/openstreetmap-the-best-map

Techcrunch

Third party developers eat this stuff up. There are few alternatives – Google, Microsoft and Yahoo will allow developers to embed maps into applications but there’s no deep dive into the data. CloudMade has allowed entire new classes of applications to be possible.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/17/cloudmades-openstreetmap-surges-on-wikipedia…

In the comments Steve Coast points out “The opening sentence is obviously a mistake. CloudMade doesn’t own OpenStreetMap any more than I own Saturn and it’s moons.”

Mapzen for iPhone: add points of interest to OpenStreetMap
http://mapzen.cloudmade.com/mapzen-poi-collector

Couple of Mapzen tutorials
http://opengeodata.org/how-to-add-a-poi-in-mapzen
http://opengeodata.org/how-to-edit-a-poi-in-mapzen


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