Re: [Foundation-l] Foursquare ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMap

2012-03-03 Thread Kai Krueger
>2012/3/1 David Gerard : >> Other companies doing similarly: >> >> http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/why-and-how-weve-switched-away-from-google-ma >> http://www.fubra.com/blog/2011/11/24/google-maps-free-alternatives/ >... And, in case anybody missed this piece of news, so will >Wikimedia's official mobi

Re: [Foundation-l] Foursquare ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMap

2012-03-02 Thread Samuel Klein
Both pieces of news are amazing. Thank you for the heads-up. :) SJ On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > 2012/3/1 David Gerard : >> Other companies doing similarly: >> >> http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/why-and-how-weve-switched-away-from-google-ma >> http://www.fubra.com/blog/2

Re: [Foundation-l] Foursquare ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMap

2012-03-01 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2012/3/1 David Gerard : > Other companies doing similarly: > > http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/why-and-how-weve-switched-away-from-google-ma > http://www.fubra.com/blog/2011/11/24/google-maps-free-alternatives/ ... And, in case anybody missed this piece of news, so will Wikimedia's official mobile app

[Foundation-l] Foursquare ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMap

2012-03-01 Thread David Gerard
http://blog.foursquare.com/2012/02/29/foursquare-is-joining-the-openstreetmap-movement-say-hi-to-pretty-new-maps/ "When we initially began looking around for other map providers, we found some incredibly strong alternatives. And while the new Google Maps API pricing was the reason we initially sta