That in a nutshell is the comparative advantage that OpenStreetMap claims over other online maps.

概括地说，这就是“开放式街道地图”声称的与其他在线地图的比较优势。

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Guest author Steve Coast founded OpenStreetMap, the wiki world map and currently lives in Seattle.

Steve Coast嘉宾创建了开放式街道地图，wiki世界地图和目前西雅图的生活。

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Today, the company announced the beta launch of four new European mapping sites built on OpenStreetMap data, in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

今天，该公司宣布，启动4个同样基于OpenStreetMap数据的欧洲地图网站，分别为法国，德国，意大利和西班牙。

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Upon further investigation, it became eminently clear that Apple had lifted the maps directly out of OpenStreetMap.

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Other efforts - such as UK-based OpenStreetMap and Israel's Waze are seeking to harness crowd-sourced data to offer their own products.

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Such is the case with the collaborative mapping project OpenStreetMap (OSM).

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