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Re:We’re 10 today by rakoo on Saturday August 09, 2014 @01:22PM (#8157399)
There already are many apps based on data coming from OSM. The notorious Apple Maps takes some of its data in OSM. I've also heard good things about City Maps 2 Go [0] [1], which is also based on OSM data. I personnally use OSMAnd [3] on android, which has the benefit of being open source.

> I feel OSM lacks compared to GMap or Bing map.

OSM compares quite well to contenders when talking about raw geographical data. However, where GMap shines is locations: you can search a shop, a restaurant or a diving club on GMap and it will give you its position. OSM doesn't have this power, which is actually understandable given that OSM's goal is mostly geographical data.

[0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/city-maps-2go-offline-map/id...

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ulmon.andr...

[2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAnd

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Re:We’re 10 today by maxerickson on Saturday August 09, 2014 @01:32PM (#8157434)
There's no (or at least very little) resistance to adding POIs to OSM. In well mapped areas, the data in OSM can be a lot more accurate than the geocoded addresses that Google often shows you.

There's not really any great search interfaces for it (where part of great is limiting the results to 'nearby'). Komoot/Photon is a nice way to find something you know the name of:

http://photon.komoot.de/

And there are people working on displaying the data that is available:

http://osm24.eu/index.php#!15/52.5173/13.4032/type=eat/mon=p...

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