[LINK] Open data: Nestoria moves from Google Maps to Openstreetmaps

[Kim Holburn]

Bing helps companies use open data!!!!

http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/why-and-how-weve-switched-away-from-google-ma

> this week we went live with a significant change to our service - in most countries we've moved away from Google maps and are now relying exclusively on OpenStreetMap maps served by MapQuest.

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> Now, less than six years later, that map powers Nestoria thanks to millions of man hours of contribution by individuals and organizations that recognize the power of open data.

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> Earlier this year Google announced that they would begin introducing limits to the use of Google maps by commercial websites. The good news is that Nestoria has grown nicely since our start in 2006. The bad news was that our size meant that we were well over the free usage limits Google announced.

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> Despite all of this, we would not have been technically able to make the switch unless there was a solid set of tools and services around OSM that made the switch possible. I'll go into these in more detail in the technical part of this post, but let me here once again publicly thank all the developers around the world who have worked hard over the last few years to create the modern neogeo tool chain from scratch. Also let me explicitly thank the companies like AOL's Mapquest and Microsoft's Bing who are actively supporting OpenStreetMap.



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