Much like Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, crowdsourced and global project of over 650, 000 contributors dedicated to revolutionizing digital maps by creating a free, editable and interactive map of the world using data from satellites, GPS logs, local knowledge, and other sources of geographic information.

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For information sellers, Mancx offers a way to capitalize on accumulated knowledge and to build their personal brand profile as sources of valuable information.

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Upon my arrival in Orlando for the Baseball Winter Meetings last weekend, I had spent approximately 15 hours each day trying to unearth any morsel of information that could either enhance my overall knowledge of the sport or lead me to sources that could answer some of the complicated questions that I currently have regarding the business of baseball.

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