'Wikipedia of Maps' Challenges Google - Technology Review - 0 views
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Vincent Lieser on 28 Dec 11"Freyfogle advises companies or developers thinking about making the switch to OpenStreetMaps to use Mapstraction, a "javascript mapping abstraction layer" that allows anyone who codes with it to easily switch between ten different mapping services. Building Nestoria in Mapstraction from the very beginning is one of the reasons that the site can be switched off of Google Maps so easily, he notes."