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> no Google Maps for you?

I roughly use OpenStreetMap 80% of the time, Bing 5% and Google Maps 15%.

Looking up where an address is? OSM. Routing? OSM. Opening hours for places I go semi-regularly (but not often enough to remember them)? OSM (I put them in myself). Footpaths, caves, info on towers (like GSM/3G), public transport routes, etc.? OSM.

Aerial imagery? Bing (much faster than Google Maps).

Traffic info? Google Maps (I'm still casually looking for alternatives). Searching a shop? Google Maps.

In the Netherlands OSM is of equivalent quality in some categories (road network, addresses), better quality in others (trails, meta info about towers or cave entrances or so), or worse in yet other categories (information about businesses, at least outside of city centers).




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