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Ordnance Survey opens up mapping code
News Steve Coast, founder of open source mapping group OpenStreetMap said the OS's OpenSpace project represents "one of the most significant releases of a mapping data API", adding it will be interesting to see how the data... [14 Dec 2007]
Photos of the month - November 2006
Photo Here's what the raw GPS traces start to look like when they are first uploaded on OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetMap started two years ago and is aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance Survey... [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: "Citizen cartographers" mapping the planet
Photo OpenStreetMap started two years ago and is aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance Survey (OS) by creating a free open source wiki-style map of the planet. OpenStreetMap relies on... [13 Nov 2006]
Open source rival takes on Google Maps
News The OpenStreetMap (OSM) mapping data is collected by volunteers using GPS devices to record their movements as they drive, cycle or walk along all the roads in a particular area. Volunteer "citizen cartographers" are... [13 Nov 2006]
Ordnance Survey mash-up takes on Google Maps
News Apart from the likes of Google, other organisations such as the open source OpenStreetMap - which is using volunteers with GPS devices to create a digital map of the UK - are also encroaching on the OS' traditional... [02 Nov 2006]
