I love Google Maps, but it sucks for hiking — here's the app I use to avoid getting lost in the woods

Google Maps is terrible at offering walking and hiking trails in its app. So I've resorted to using OpenStreet Map to avoid ...

Google Maps Street View Adds 5,900 Miles of Off-Road Trails

Google Maps and Ford have teamed up to make the TransAmerica Trail the first Street View off-roading trail in Maps history.
VentureBeat

After price hike, Foursquare and StreetEasy switch from Google to OpenStreetMaps

Above: Can you spot VentureBeat's brand new NYC office? Foursquare ditched its corporate overlords and showed some love to a little startup this week. After Google raised the price on its Maps API, ...
USA Today

Google Maps travel tips to navigate and learn about places you visit (even without Wi-Fi)

"Easy Travel” is a ten-part series focusing on how to reduce bumps during vacations, anticipate roadblocks and be ready when things aren’t going your way. If you'd like to contribute to our future ...
9to5Mac

Apple Maps versus Google Maps? A free solution from Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft could be the winner

After forming a collaborative mapping effort last year called Overture Maps Foundation, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom have officially launched their first open map dataset. The new free resource ...
TechCrunch

Meta, Microsoft and Amazon release open map dataset to rival Google Maps, Apple Maps

A group formed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and mapping company TomTom is releasing data that could enable developers to build their own maps to take on Google Map and Apple Maps. The group, called the ...