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MapZen for crowd sourcing OSM maps
23 December 2009, 7:20pm
23 December 2009 - During the first week of December, 2009, software was launched that makes it easier to contribute to the open-source OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. Contributors to OSM use local knowledge and GPS readings from mobile devices to make and edit the shape of the local map’s footpaths, streets and other interesting features. Expansion of the global OSM has been held back partly by the cartographic language used by the project’s editing tools.
In response, Nick Black, co-founder of the Silicon Valley-based mapping software house CloudMade has launched MapZen, a free, web-based OSM editor that uses more intuitive, plain-English menus. For example, a motorway can be called a motorway. An iPhone version allows mobile mappers to add Points of Interest while they are on the move.
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