photon VS Openstreetmap

Compare photon vs Openstreetmap and see what are their differences.

photon

an open source geocoder for openstreetmap data (by komoot)

Openstreetmap

The Rails application that powers OpenStreetMap (by openstreetmap)
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photon Openstreetmap
8 733
1,763 2,012
2.9% 2.4%
8.4 9.9
23 days ago about 18 hours ago
Java Ruby
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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photon

Posts with mentions or reviews of photon. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-15.

Openstreetmap

Posts with mentions or reviews of Openstreetmap. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-26.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing photon and Openstreetmap you can also consider the following projects:

Traccar - Traccar GPS Tracking System

Nominatim - Open Source search based on OpenStreetMap data

OsmAnd - OsmAnd

littlenavmap - Little Navmap is a free flight planner, navigation tool, moving map, airport search and airport information system for Flight Simulator X, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Prepar3D and X-Plane.

OwnTracks Recorder - Store and access data published by OwnTracks apps

uMap - uMap lets you create maps with OpenStreetMap layers in a minute and embed them in your site.

Graphhopper - Open source routing engine for OpenStreetMap. Use it as Java library or standalone web server.

OpenRailwayMap - An OpenStreetMap-based project for creating a map of the world's railway infrastructure.

Orion - Robust web visualization tool for OwnTracks location data

OpenLayers3 - OpenLayers

pelias - Pelias is a modular open-source geocoder using Elasticsearch.

QGIS - QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform (lin/win/mac) geographical information system (GIS)