Bing Maps Receives OpenStreetMap Application

Microsoft has released a new Bing Maps application for OpenStreetMap. The application provides a layer on Bing Maps as a new style possibility.

"OpenStreetMap follows a related idea as Wikipedia, but for maps and other geographic data (inspite of its title, it’s by no usually means only restricted to streets and streets)," points out Bi reproduction oil paintings for sale ng’s oil painting on canvas for sale Chris Pendleton. "Folks, like you and me, obtain spot data by way ofout the world from a assortment of resupplys these as recordings from GPS units, from absolutely free satellite imagery or just from recognizing an space incredibly perfectly, for instance since they stay there. This data then receives uploaded to OpenStreetMap’s central databases from where by it can be even further modified, corrected and enriched by any person who notices lacking data or faults about the space."

"People can njust onetheless carry out queries atop of the OSM map layer," provides Pendleton. "The moment the OSM Maps are rendered, customers will uncover the OSM map possibility detailed in the map models so if you swap to Bird’s Eye or some other indigenous Bing map models, you can very easily return to the OSM map style. Of notice, we are making use of the Mapnik map style from OSM (just one of the quite a few map models availab large oil paintings on canvas le to open up supply customers) to produce our OSM map style. Folks appreciate the specifics you see?"

It ought to be appealing to see how the OpenStreetMap grows from neighborhood participation, and how it appears to be as opposed to other map choices.

Bing is accomplishing some appealing items with maps by way of its Maps Applications. They’ve not long ago released applications for Fb, Foursquare, well being, and the Tour De France, not to point out Mars imagery.