OSM (was: Firefox 34 released)
OSM (was: Firefox 34 released)
Posted Dec 15, 2014 16:42 UTC (Mon) by KaiRo (subscriber, #1987)In reply to: OSM (was: Firefox 34 released) by giggls
Parent article: Firefox 34 released
The issue with OSM (and I'm a paid OSMF member, so I strongly support the project) is that while it's a tremendously good geo database, it's not a good one-stop-servie for all map-related things like what GMaps can provide.
Having routing, really good search for any item, and clickable items on the map that give you more info and links, as well as a satellite/orthophoto view and potentially "StreetView", all that makes GMaps a killer app compared to anything OSM right now. I'd cheer anyone up for the challenge up trying to create a service that does all that with completely FLOSS tools.
