deCarta now supports OpenStreetMap

September 17, 2009 8 Comments

Last night deCarta announced that they are now supporting OpenStreetMap with their APIs.

In keeping with the spirit of the OpenStreetMap community, OSM data in deCarta format will be free of charge. deCarta plans to make the product available for both server and client-side solutions to its customers. This includes self hosted solutions using deCarta’s Drill Down Server, deCarta’s Hosted Web Services, Personal Navigation Devices, and Mobile Phones. Developers will also be able to quickly prototype and demonstrate location-enabled applications using OSM content through deCarta’s Developer Zone available to developers a www.decarta.com.

When it comes to LBS services, deCarta is clearly well positioned with their APIs and they’ve been successful at selling them.  That deCarta is now supporting OSM is a clear sign that the project is getting mature and that there is demand for it.  Given that deCarta is used by the large wireless phone companies, one can expect to see OSM maps in your mobile devices soon.

The deCarta devZone is here and a demo is here.

Update: deCarta will be making quarterly updates to their service.

The deCarta dev team celebrates the real genius move to support OSM.

The deCarta dev team celebrates the "real genius" move to support OSM.

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8 Responses to deCarta now supports OpenStreetMap

  1. Lefty says:
    September 17, 2009 at 7:05 am

    So Cloudmade and their “pre revenue” business model just got pwned?

  2. Billy says:
    September 17, 2009 at 7:40 am

    Wow, what great news for the OSM project!

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  4. SFOGISGeek says:
    September 18, 2009 at 8:59 am

    Yea, I think this puts a nail in the disaster that Cloudmade has become. SteveC seems to be more interested in OSM than building a business. iPhone apps aren’t using their APIs and now a well known company is moving into their space.

    Really who would use Cloudmade over deCarta?

  5. Yaaar Pirate says:
    September 18, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    Whats the skinny on Prioleau stepping down at Cloudmade then?

  6. Richard says:
    September 20, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    Another API that is already supporting OSM for mobile devices is the Ericsson Labs Mobile Maps API: https://labs.ericsson.com/apis/mobile-maps/

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