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- Free253
- Address input through maps api136
- Sharable Directions81
- Google Earth47
- Unique46
- Custom maps designing3
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- Flexibility15
- Maturity11
- Open Source8
- Incredibly comprehensive, excellent support7
- Extensible4
- Strong community4
- Choice of map providers4
- Low Level API3
- OpenStreetMap1
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- Google Attributions and logo4
- Only map allowed alongside google place autocomplete1
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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 OpenLayers?
An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.
What is TileStache?
TileStache is a Python-based server application that can serve up map tiles based on rendered geographic data. You might be familiar with TileCache, the venerable open source WMS server from MetaCarta. TileStache is similar, but we hope simpler and better-suited to the needs of designers and cartographers.
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What are some alternatives to Google Maps, OpenLayers, and TileStache?
Mapbox
We make it possible to pin travel spots on Pinterest, find restaurants on Foursquare, and visualize data on GitHub.
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.
TomTom
It is the leading independent location technology specialist, shaping mobility with highly accurate maps, navigation, real-time traffic info and services.
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.
Here Maps
The Open Location Platform company, enables people, businesses and cities to harness the power of location