On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Mike N <[email protected]> wrote: > I now see Google used for the "Yard sales in the area" map. Just a > guess: the Patch staff doesn't have resources for a map developer to create > that set of interactive features using MapQuest Open. It was easier for > them to just get a Google Maps API account and be able to use Google's > GeoCoder. I hope they aren't paying zillions of $ for that small extra > capability. >
Doing that in OSM is not hard. But... in a significant nod to Google, google's goecoder is far better than anything osm can manage. It's a shame: patch as a hyperlocal news portal, with lots of citizen contributions, really is a perfect match to a map with the same background. The OSM maps are so much more rich at when zoomed in to that kind of scale.
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