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"Free to use" options like Google Earth or "My Maps" from Google Maps can be used, but have limitations and drawbacks. '''[[wp:OpenStreetMap|OpenStreetMap]]''' (OSM) ([https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2385580 example]) is the go-to free competitor to Google Maps. OSM; used by TomTom, Apple, Microsoft, Esri and others, is judged to be one of the most successful collaboratively maintained open datasets in existence<ref>Dodds, Leigh; Yates, Deborah (14 August 2018). "How Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are contributing to an openly licensed map of the world". London: Open Data Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2024.</ref>. Aside: one of the beautiful things about OSM is that the data design of the system makes it so that you can literally map things like "[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1346726#map=11/42.6058/-71.3216 Massachusetts Route 110]", and use tools like [[wp:OsmAnd]] to navigate that route - something which is impossible to do with Google Maps, or even paid apps like Rever for motorcyclists<ref>When I planned a motorcycle ride out to Maple Hill for the 2024 MVP Open, I wanted to avoid the highway. I figured "Hey, why not just ride MA 110 since it goes most of the way and I'll get a chance to ride back in time to get a glimpse of the communities along the road before Route 495 existed. It was impossible to do without OsmAnd.</ref>.

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