Google has added support for its KML (Earth) format and the open GeoRSS format to the Google Maps API. I’m not a programmer, but what this means as a practical matter is that the GeoRSS standard ...

The Overture Maps Foundation took info from Microsoft, Meta, and more to help more developers create a new wave of map apps.

The spread of that information has already extended to Google competitor Microsoft Virtual Earth, which has started to include KML files in Live Search Maps.

A group formed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom is releasing data that could enable developers to build their own maps.

Always open Currently, Apple charges developers for its MapKit access when building non-native apps and Google charges for its maps API after a free 28,500 maploads per month.

A group led by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom has shared open data that could help create more rivals to Google Maps.