Apple has finally acknowledged that its iPhoto application for the iPhone and iPad uses OpenStreetMap data. Open up a map in iPhoto for iOS and one of the first things you'll notice is that the ...

The OpenStreetMap Foundation has confirmed that the new iPhoto for iOS app is using OpenStreetMap location data for its photos, and not Google Maps, as Apple has used in many other applications before ...

Wikipedia’s “crowdsourced knowledge” model has created a spectacular resource, but everyone knows the big caveat: if the data’s important, don’t trust the online encyclopedia without verifying it ...

Apple has finally acknowledged the use of OpenStreetMap data in its iOS iPhoto app, the open-source mapping project said yesterday. The iPhoto app, a photo-sorting tool for the iPad and iPhone, ...

The OpenStreetMap project is an excellent example of how powerful crowdsourced data can be, but that’s not to say the system is perfect. Invalid data, added intentionally or otherwise, can sometimes ...

This definition of omnipresent sums up many facets of society. Fast food chains? Everywhere. Reality TV shows? You know the answer. And what about Google? Yup, right again. What started as a simple ...

Two months after its introduction, Apple hads given credit to OpenStreetMap for the use of its data in iPhoto for iOS. Two months after its introduction, Apple hads given credit to OpenStreetMap for ...