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		sabret00the on Sept 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Maps' advantage over Apple Maps My biggest disappointment regarding this whole matter is that as a result, OSM is getting a lot of negative criticism. More-so than Tom-Tom.

_19qg on Sept 21, 2012 [–]

But why? OSM is not really used by Apple in the current map app, AFAIK.

ZeroGravitas on Sept 21, 2012 | [–]

I assume, like Yahoo/Flickr used OSM in places like Beijing and Bagdad, that Apple only uses OSM to fill in the gaps were their commercial sources are weak and, to be frank, where it only needs to be better than nothing.

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