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Craigslist Supports Street Map Initiative
- CNET, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:42 AM
Unlike most Web platforms, Craigslist has thrived despite (perhaps due to) its aversion to feature and design updates. Bucking that trend, the online bulletin board is embedding maps in certain
real estate listings. As CNet reports: “The maps, which appear on housing ads in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, Oregon, harness data from OpenStreetMap, a service that offers free maps
of the world compiled and edited by volunteers.”
