Additionally if you are a business owner you are going to add your business to the map that has more users and searchers. There is little if any benefit to having your business mapped in Open Street Map, whereas having it on the Google Map could potentially bring some customers to you.
For routing give these a try:
Compared to proper editors the Google map maker thing is horrifying. I tried to use it once and gave up because it just did not do what I was trying to do (adding 3 simply streets).
The was the only one that opened upon a map over me :-)
This tool (using OSM data) allows you to view routes http://www.openrouteservice.org/
I agree though, there is a bit of a lack of good quality tools using OSM data, it's a shame.
That isn't true. CloudMade offers a routing service based on OSM data, and a number of applications use that service to offer driving directions
- The last update was 4 months ago.
- It is provided in KML format, which is quite difficult to work with in existing spatial tools beyond Google Earth.
If I'm going to spend the time it takes to map something, I'd much rather it go into an open source project rather than just improving the product of a for-profit company.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/