First it was Foursquare. And then Apple. Now, it's Wikipedia's turn to switch from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap. Wikipedia's decision, announced in a blog post, is likely to raise more questions about ...

Wikipedia updated its Android and iOS apps today, but the noteworthy feature is that the online encyclopedia-like website dumped Google Maps for OpenStreetMap, which marks a growing trend for ...

The month of October has me thinking about monsters—and, specifically, mutants. That’s a strange way to start a conversation about tech topics, I realize. But stay with me: I promise this is going ...

In the world of online mapping, it feels like things aren’t quite going in Google’s direction these days: Apple switched away from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap when it launched iPhoto for iOS.

You can add another name to the list of companies dropping Google Maps in favor of OpenStreetMap. When Wikipedia announced its new app for iOS today, they also announced that they would be using ...

Apple isn't alone in its efforts to lessen its dependance upon Google Maps; Facebook, FourSquare and now Wikipedia have all started using alternatives map services ranging from Microsoft's Bing maps ...

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It seems as if Google dropped the Wikipedia layer from Google Maps a few weeks ago. A Google Maps Help thread has dozens of complaints from Google Maps users that the Wikipedia layer is gone. The ...

What won't Google do with their maps? If you go to Google Maps, you’ll notice there is now a “”More” button right next to “Street View”" and “Traffic.” If you click on it after getting a map, you will ...

Google Maps has integrated Wikipedia articles and geotagged photos so you can see points of interest and images of any geotagged photo on a Google Map. The data, accessible through a new More dropdown ...

Google’s LatLong Blog announced new ways of finding more content on Google Maps, including geo-tagged YouTube videos, pictures from Panoramio, and localized Wikipedia content. We already covered the ...

Placeopedia is a really cool tool. It's kind of like a visual atlas that uses Google Maps to display and link to Wikipedia entries. Hello, and welcome to Placeopedia, a simple site where you can ...