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by tonfa 5017 days ago
> the same old mapping/directory companies that do most of the work

In that case, wouldn't it be mentioned in the copyright at the bottom right corner of maps.google.com when looking at US maps? I only see "Map Data (c) 2012 Google".

The Atlantic article mentions that they started with the TIGER data, not something from a mapping company.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-go...