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OpenStreetMap vs Pelias

A side-by-side look at OpenStreetMap and Pelias . For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap

Travel & Location

OpenStreetMap is a free, open-source, crowd-sourced map of the world. Volunteers collect map data using GPS devices, aerial imagery, local knowledge, and other free sources to create and update the map database.

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Pelias

Pelias

Pelias is an open source, geocoder and full text search engine for location data. It is designed to be highly scalable and customizable to support searching places and addresses by name, geographic coordinates, or other location-related information. Pelias is built on Elasticsearch and provides geocoding/reverse geocoding capabilities as well as address auto-completion APIs out of the box.