Japan: Openstreetmap Aggregates Typhoon Info · Global Voices.
See also: Webpage(Graphics), PDF(Layers), MapQuest, Google Maps,
Google Earth, Openstreetmap or Yahoo!
Hikepack uses data from Openstreetmap, which includes trails and often other features,
like bathrooms and campsites.
I think this is mostly due to the fact that MapQuest supports the Openstreetmap project.
Speaking of GraphHopper,
a fast Open Source route planner based on Openstreetmap, I have read a bit literature
and implemented some methods.
Cartography is presented Openstreetmap(OSM) and stored in memory iPhone,
making NavFree faster and more accurate solution than other free navigation services,” said Peter Atallah, Director of Navmii.
Amenity data © Openstreetmap, data is available under Open Database Licence,
and while accurate data is the goal of Openstreetmap, the accuracy of the data cannot be guaranteed.
Openstreetmap users volunteered their time to create a crisis
map of Izu Oshima island, a small island to the south of Tokyo where more than a dozen of people were killed by mudslides triggered by this week's deadly Typhoon Wipha.