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Apple Switches (Mostly) To OpenStreetMap

Posted by timothy on from the wonder-about-the-gracenote-problem dept.

beelsebob writes "In the recent release of iPhoto for iOS it appears that Apple has started using OpenStreetMap's data. Unfortunately, there are still some problems. Apple is currently not applying the necessary attribution to OSM; they are using an old (from April 2010) dump of the data; and they are not using the data in the U.S. Fingers crossed that Apple works through these issues quickly! Apple is now one of a growing list (including geocaching, and foursquare) to Switch2OSM."

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  1. Re:hahaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem with German GPS is it only gives you directions to Warsaw.

  2. Re:hahaha by paanta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Huh? I got great navigation from Berlin to Moscow. Well, *almost* to Moscow. The whole app did freeze up when I was about 20 miles out.