Trying to Compete Against Google
The New York Times has a story today on how volunteers around the world are walking their communities to improve the data that's available in online maps. The story does not mention CloudMade, a tiny startup founded in Britain and backed in Scandinavia by Sunstone Capital and Nikolaj Nyholm, an entrepreneur and angel investor who favors open source projects. CloudMade is building tools that will make it easier for non-technical people to add data to OpenStreetMap, an open-source non-profit project similar to Wikipedia. OpenStreetMap's goal is to map the world, but its tools are "geeky," says co-founder Nick Black. The 800-pound gorilla in online mapping is Google, which Black claims has been creating resentment
17 November 2009•2 mins read
