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OpenStreetMap: Grassroots Mapping

August 2, 2013March 15, 2012 by Caitlin Dempsey

OpenStreetMap was founded with the goal of creating and providing free geographic data to whoever wants it. With an army of 5,000 volunteers who hit … Read more

Categories GIS Data Tags apple, BeyoNav, crowdsourcing gis, foursquare, openstreetmap, openstreetmap growth, steve coast, volunteered geography

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