[OSM-talk] Why do you use Google Maps instead of OSM? Because of buildings...

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Sun Nov 8 08:00:43 GMT 2009


Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Yes, we know that everyone could probably use OSM maps for their
> business website if they spent a week surveying their surrounding area
> / creating custom renderings. But that's not very helpful when they
> can just embed Google instantly and get the same results.

And how many of their competitors would also be linked to that site via 
google's linked advertising? OSM simply has no 'baggage' to worry about!

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