The number of contributors to OpenStreetMap has grown steadily over the years. A year ago 110,000 individuals had added or edited data. Today it’s up to 245,000 individual mappers. An average of 7,000 edits an hour are made to the data.
The project only started in 2004, and most of the data has been added over the last couple of years. Perhaps the most stunning case study is Germany. In 2007 it was a blank canvas. Today, the level of detail goes far beyond what any other service provides. It includes all major points of interest (even trees are now being added by users), the entire road network and turn by turn navigation:
Developers can get in on the action with a number of platforms and APIs provided by CloudMade, including:
- Navi Studio: A suite of tools that makes it easy to build fully featured turn-by-turn navigation applications on any mobile platform.
- iPhone SDK: Create the next App Store category killer! Add customized maps, forward and reverse geocoding, vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian directions to your app.
- Mobile SDKs: Add customized maps, forward and reverse geocoding, vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian directions to your J2ME, RIM or Android app.
- Web Maps Studio: Web designers and developers – create map based experiences that combine customized map styles with dynamic content from the the Data Market Place and the geo web.
- Specialist Tools: Advanced developers can create their own unique apps and experiences. Get direct access to CloudMade’s web services for use in your own web, mobile or desktop apps.
To get started developers can get an API key, which can be obtained from here. As we reported back in December 09, some of this data comes at a price, but the volume of data may provide your application with a competitive edge. You can find a number of mashups in our CladeMade API profile.
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