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No.
Yeah. It's not all guys. https://www.mapbox.com/about/team/
You can be called "guy" AND be awesome.
Where I live OpenStreetMap data is superior to Google maps. There are streets that are several years old that aren't in Google maps yet, and their satellite photos really needs updating too. Strava uses Mapbox instead of Google, and it's much better because of it. I'm happy for the competition in the maps space, and the promotion of open data.
there is also HERE map app. it started in nokia, microsoft, and now under new management. Don't know if it is going to get better or worse because of that.
Congrats to the Mapbox guys. Always looked like a cool team. However personally I'm not sure it's a business case that will survive the time. But doesn't matter, with that kind of investment and their current track record they probably live 10+ years, which is well enough in times like these.
FTFY - Mapbox guys + gals + non-binary folks + dogs
Mapbox is an amazing product, it's super expensive and pretty hard to swallow the bill every month as a small startup, but the product is just so good, their APIs are fantastic. For sure a company to watch, their COO Roy was the COO of Twilio and he knows what he is doing.
Can you name a few usecases where you would pay them? Doesn#t have to include your own.
Zero mentions of OpenStreetMap in that story. Can't be surprised I guess.
There are zero mentions of any other open source project too. The good news is that having a commercial platform on OpenStreetMaps is a good thing (tm) - they are driving a lot of improvements to the dataset and the licensing on it means that they have to as they improve it. That's a good thing in my book, but yes, all of this investment would be impossible without OSM.
Where I live OpenStreetMap data is superior to Google maps. There are streets that are several years old that aren't in Google maps yet, and their satellite photos really needs updating too. Strava uses Mapbox instead of Google, and it's much better because of it. I'm happy for the competition in the maps space, and the promotion of open data.
there is also HERE map app. it started in nokia, microsoft, and now under new management. Don't know if it is going to get better or worse because of that.
1985–2007: Navteq
2007–15: Nokia
2015–present: Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Navinfo
2016–present: Tencent, GIC Private, Intel
On 3 August 2015, Here was sold to a consortium of German car makers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes. On 4 December 2015, the consortium completed the acquisition for 2.8 billion euros (2.9 billion US dollars).[33][34] As of December 2015 the company had 6500 employees.[35]
In December 2016, Navinfo, Tencent and GIC Private Limited (the Singapore sovereign wealth fund) agreed to buy a 10% stake in HERE.[34] In January 2017 it was reported that Intel was taking a 15% stake in the firm.[34]
Captain Wikipedia flies away.
Where I live OpenStreetMap data is superior to Google maps. There are streets that are several years old that aren't in Google maps yet, and their satellite photos really needs updating too. Strava uses Mapbox instead of Google, and it's much better because of it. I'm happy for the competition in the maps space, and the promotion of open data.
If you don't mind me asking, which country/state are you located in?
I used to contribute to Google map maker, but the process was really painful, and I didn't like working for free so one of the worlds biggest companies could have better proprietary data. Open Streetmap is a joy to edit in comparison.