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Google Maps

Stacks26.7K

Followers15.6K

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Votes560

Mapbox

Stacks494

Followers694

+ 1

Votes107

OpenStreetMap

Stacks196

Followers312

+ 1

Votes48

Pros of Google Maps

Pros of Mapbox

Pros of OpenStreetMap

250
Free
135
Address input through maps api
81
Sharable Directions
46
Google Earth
45
Unique
3
Custom maps designing

26
Best mapping service outside of Google Maps
21
OpenStreetMap
15
Beautifully vectorable
11
Fluid user experience
7
React/ RNative integration
7
Extensible
5
3D Layers
4
Low Level API
3
Great customer support
3
Affordable
3
Custom themes
2
High data volume rendering

19
Simple
15
Free
8
Open-Source
6
Open-Data

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Cons of Google Maps

Cons of Mapbox

Cons of OpenStreetMap

3
Google Attributions and logo
1
Only map allowed alongside google place autocomplete

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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.

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Blog Posts

How MapJam Is Building A Scalable Custom Maps Service

Jul 29 2016 at 2:27AM

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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.

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News about Google Maps

How one trailblazer uses Maps to explore the outdoors

(blog.google)

8 days ago

Your Android is now even safer — and 5 other new features

(blog.google)

8 days ago

A look at how we tackle fake and fraudulent contributed content

(blog.google)

Feb 18, 2021