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Switch2OSMThe story about why sites are moving away from Google Maps.

Tim Waters tim@geothings.net @tim_waters

Switch2OSM

Nestoria.co.uk

StreetEasy

Toursprung / Bikemap

Fubra / World-airport-codes.com

Foursquare.com

not mobile... yet

Why?Push, Pull, other reasons?

PushGoogle Pricing ModelAnonymous Site: $10 per 1000 page views. But no one pays that, of course. If you don't get a contract, then above the first free 25,000 views, you pay $4 per 1000. And we got them to quote us to about $2, maybe $1.80. In our case, that meant paying $200,000-$400,000 a year for maps. Geocaching: 2,000,000 google map hits a day. Around $1 Million a year

Taking traffic away from GoogleFoursquare - competition?

Styling limited Not much value add

Prettier maps.More freedom with source data.Up to date maps.More detailed maps - (footpaths, cyclepaths)CheaperOpen source & data supporterPlace database - foursquare?

Pull

Other reasons?Value of the basemap To become OSM trusted company - have a say To leverage users to improve OSM and improve product. place db?

Google is good!Conferences OpenStreetMap Servers Google Summer of Code

Google MapmakerNot global(No UK) No data Not properlyfree

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth

How?

How?Data Tiles Display

Do It Yourself. For example:Tiles from Mapquest Showing Tiles in OpenLayers / Leaflet

ORGet Data.Get MapnikCreate stylesheet Make tiles

EC2 AMI

Toolkits - TileDrawer

Tookits - MapBox

Tookits - MapBox

Toolkits - TileMill

TileMill Features

OthersMapQuest - Tile hostCloudMade - Map style editor GeoFabrikDev SeedStamenme

Switch2OSM.orgWhy SwitchCase StudiesBasicsUsing TilesServing TilesProvidersGeocoding Routing

Tim Waters tim@geothings.net @tim_waters