Gallery: At Sochi Olympics, Crowdsourced OpenStreetMap Trounces Google Maps

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    The Olympic ski area is virtually a blank on Google's map (right), compared to Open Street Map.
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    Sochi olympic park as mapped by OSM (left) and Google Maps.
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    OSM's map of Sochi Olympic park includes many buildings and features visible in Google's satellite view.
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    Good luck finding your way around with Bing (right).
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    Google draws another blank in this close up of part of the Olympic ski area.
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    A close up of another part of the Olympic ski area in OSM (left) and Google satellite view.
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    Downtown Sochi, as mapped by OSM (left) and Google.
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    Edits to OSM coverage of the Olympic park region in the seven days leading up to the start of the Olympics. Different colors correspond to different features -- for example, red indicates roads.
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    Edits to OSM coverage of the Olympic park region in the last 90 days.