> The dilemma these companies have is wanting to keep those things proprietary and OSM not really allowing for bundling proprietary and open data
Provided you attribute OSM data, you can slice across horizontal layers and country borders. [1]
> I'd argue Here maps is a lot less attractive these days then it was when Nokia bought Navteq (which became Here later). It's still alright for car navigation but that's just one niche application of maps these days.
The silver lining here is that limiting scope lowers the effort needed. Much of OSM edits go beyond road network.
Provided you attribute OSM data, you can slice across horizontal layers and country borders. [1]
> I'd argue Here maps is a lot less attractive these days then it was when Nokia bought Navteq (which became Here later). It's still alright for car navigation but that's just one niche application of maps these days.
The silver lining here is that limiting scope lowers the effort needed. Much of OSM edits go beyond road network.
[1] https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidel...