Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

Google Maps

Stacks18.2K

Followers9.9K

+ 1

Votes550

Mapbox

Stacks369

Followers435

+ 1

Votes86

OpenStreetMap

Stacks161

Followers186

+ 1

Votes41

- No public GitHub repository available -

What is Google Maps?

Create rich applications and stunning visualisations of your data, leveraging the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usability of Google Maps and a modern web platform that scales as you grow.

What is Mapbox?

We make it possible to pin travel spots on Pinterest, find restaurants on Foursquare, and visualize data on GitHub.

What is OpenStreetMap?

OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.

Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

Why do developers choose Google Maps?

Why do developers choose Mapbox?

Why do developers choose OpenStreetMap?

245
Free
135
Address input through maps api
81
Sharable Directions
43
Google Earth
43
Unique
3
Custom maps designing

23
Best mapping service outside of Google Maps
18
OpenStreetMap
13
Beautifully vectorable
9
Fluid user experience
6
Extensible
5
React/ RNative integration
3
3D Layers

15
Simple
14
Free
7
Open-Source
5
Open-Data

Sign up to add, upvote and see more prosMake informed product decisions

1
Google Attributions and logo
1
Only map allowed alongside google place autocomplete

Be the first to leave a con

What companies use Google Maps?

What companies use Mapbox?

What companies use OpenStreetMap?

Sign up to get full access to all the companiesMake informed product decisions

What tools integrate with Google Maps?

What tools integrate with Mapbox?

What tools integrate with OpenStreetMap?

Sign up to get full access to all the tool integrationsMake informed product decisions

What are some alternatives to Google Maps, Mapbox, and OpenStreetMap?

Leaflet

Leaflet is an open source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. It is developed by Vladimir Agafonkin of MapBox with a team of dedicated contributors. Weighing just about 30 KB of gzipped JS code, it has all the features most developers ever need for online maps.

OpenLayers

An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.

Java Persistence API

It is a Java application programming interface specification that describes the management of relational data in applications using Java Platform, Standard Edition and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition.It provides a POJO persistence model for object-relational mapping.

ArcGIS

It is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and much more.

Google Places API

You can provide users data on location names, addresses, ratings, reviews, contact information, and atmosphere. Local guides and users submit tens of millions of updates every day, so you can count on accurate, reliable information.

See all alternatives

Decisions about Google Maps, Mapbox, and OpenStreetMap

Rishikant Sharma

Feb 7, 2020 | 9 upvotes · 30.1K views

DCSIL

Google Places API

Google Maps

A huge component of our product relies on gathering public data about locations of interest. Google Places API gives us that ability in the most efficient way. Since we are primarily going to be using as google data as a source of information for our MVP, we might as well start integrating the Google Places API in our system. We have worked with Google Maps in the past and we might take some inspiration from our previous projects onto this one.

Related Comparisons

Interest over time

Reviews of Google Maps, Mapbox, and OpenStreetMap

No reviews found

How developers use Google Maps, Mapbox, and OpenStreetMap

Rajeshkumar T uses

Google Maps

Its used for restaurant Geo location and find the nearest restaurant listing.
Find the customer location and delivery agent location tracking.
Calculate the distance between restaurant and customer location.

Youpooly Corp. uses

Google Maps

We need to integrate maps in mobile Apps and Web frontend to show where an event is taking place. Maps is best because of it's international availability and the google api with a feature to recursive search.

benyomin uses

Google Maps

Location, location, location. Choropleths are hot for a reason. When dealing with geography and housing why stop at bar charts, the map really makes my data quickly comprehensible to humans.

papaver uses

Google Maps

used the google maps api on several projects. been an avid user for quite a while. used it all around the world to navigate through public transport and through cities.

Srinivas Adireddi uses

Google Maps

1) it's very easy to use. 2) shows satellite image, Google earth and many other features like traffic, terrain, etc. 3) Is very useful for driving etc.