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Users appreciate the easy integration of OpenStreetMap, making it a flexible choice for various projects and portals. (1 mentions)
Users highly value the free access to OpenStreetMap, enjoying its flexibility and powerful offline capabilities. (1 mentions)
Users love the flexibility and power of OpenStreetMap, appreciating its offline capabilities and integration ease. (1 mentions)
Users praise OpenStreetMap for its powerful tools, flexibility, and offline capabilities, all while being free. (1 mentions)

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Usha B.
Manager
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to Integrate and Free Mapping tool."
5/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

OpenStreetMap is incredible and opensouce, it is flexible and can be use offline too. Easy to integrate with any projects and portal. It is an powerful mapping tool and its free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

Its based on community updates which may result in some less data to be displayed. But its easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Package/Freight Delivery
UP
Verified User in Package/Freight Delivery
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Map for your calculations"
4/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

It helps on calculation, it's very easy to use and it gives suites routes between 2 points. The site is very fast so you don't have to wait until it's loaded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

Unfortunately, it refreshes very rare (2 times a months) and that's why you can't see closed roads for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mahmoud o.
MO
Mahmoud o.
Mechanical Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Realistic Map"
3.5/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

I like that is not like typical map application, it is kind of unique since it has map features that not always given in any map application. In addition to have a simplified Mapkey that shows all the needed information to understand the map Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

Not the easiest map application I used, maybe because it is unique on its own. Also, it is not the best application when it comes to navigating " data accuracy " Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Free wiki world map everyone can join to digitize the world"
5/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

It is free. It is based on community input and I think this map is the most accurate as of today. There is no need to go through approval process with your edits. This is important as your work is immediately accepted and visible. Comparing to other similar products your changes might not be approved and that's not very encouraging. It has a web interface to edit the map. Anybody can use the map free of charge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

I guess it is a bit hard to start with editing the map. The tools and symbols are not all intuitive and you need to follow a guide before starting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SJ
samantha j.
Php developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A good and efficient location finder software"
4.5/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

It is an excellent and efficient software that helps you in finding the location with the help of GPS and takes you to that place. Plus, it is free of cost, which is a bonus. It gives you better and more accurate information than Google Maps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

It is good software with good tools and features, so no disliking about it yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Undrea M.
UM
Undrea M.
Blogger and Contributor/Sales/Relationship Coordinator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A fun, realistic, interactive map--not your typical google streetview"
2.5/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

I like that it is not the google maps, or map quest, or whatever other maps out there. It has its own entity and serves a great purpose. The other day, I was on google maps and trying to see the update to the Fulton Market District streetscape project, but I was getting images of 2018 pre-work. On OpenStreetMap, you're going to get the current on projects as such. It really saves the day where google map slacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

I still use google maps, because it gives me my directions and time travels within a mobile app quite simply, by all comparisons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MW
Matthew W.
Administrator
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A great, free alternative to Google Maps."
4.5/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

Well, for one, it's free! It's also great how these maps provide so much more information than Google Maps, etc. Lots of companies use it, like Facebook, Craigslist, OsmAnd, Geocaching, MapQuest Open, JMP statistical software, and Foursquare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

Personally, I think the maps are a bit ugly. Also, relying on users to keep the info up to date has obvious drawbacks. It also doesn't have the name recognition of other sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel B.
DB
Daniel B.
Food and Beverage Server
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I would use it"
5/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

What I like about OSM is the fact that it allows its users to make maps focused on hikers, cyclists, physically challenged, sailors and technically any interest group. You can map crops, the number of doors or windows on any big building or even the age of a tree. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

It's very similar to Google Maps. Whatever I can solve with OSM I can also solve with Google maps. None of them is necessarily better than the other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alex M.
AM
Alex M.
Graduate Student Researcher
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Useful for coordinating, when Google Maps is undesirable"
3/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

OSM is fairly complete, we haven't had issues with important things missing; and by nature, when something critical is, we can add it in. When certain people we're collaborating with don't like associating with Google (they're the "Big bad" tech company), OSM is a nice alternative with less data collection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

Just by virtue of being less well known, there's somewhat less code snippets ready online for working with the data. Getting support takes slightly more digging online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Basemap for Map of the World"
4/5
What do you like best about OpenStreetMap?

I like simplicity and design of it. Being zoomed out is nice because it is not overcrowded with labels and just starts off with the country names, after zooming into a country you get more details such as states/provinces/regions as well as major cities. Zooming in more you receive details about highways and roads and how they are connecting areas to each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStreetMap?

There is nothing much to dislike, maybe have more variety in color but that's not a true issue. It might be helpful to have a legend or just some information about some of the lines that appear, such as the red, yellow and black lines. When you zoom in you can tell that the red lines represent major highways but the other two are kind of a guessing game and also there are blue lines outlining each country as well and it would be nice to know what they are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.