1.0MundoGEOhttps://mundogeo.com/en/Alexandre Scusselhttps://mundogeo.com/en/author/alexandrescussel/OpenStreetMap’s growth accelerates - MundoGEOrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2RfYb0o2LV"><a href="https://mundogeo.com/en/2012/03/20/openstreetmap%e2%80%99s-growth-accelerates/">OpenStreetMap’s growth accelerates</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mundogeo.com/en/2012/03/20/openstreetmap%e2%80%99s-growth-accelerates/embed/#?secret=2RfYb0o2LV" width="600" height="338" title="“OpenStreetMap’s growth accelerates” — MundoGEO" data-secret="2RfYb0o2LV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://mundogeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OpenStreetMaps_2012.jpg148144OpenStreetMaps was founded in 2004 and quickly gained the attention of all of the major players in the mapping industry. While MapQuest and Microsoft are presently major contributors in terms of dollars and hardware, Google has also been a contributor, and dozens of companies are listed on OSM’s web site as having contributed their own proprietary data to the OSM database.