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by pavlov 4306 days ago
Here by Nokia (the independent company, not the division sold to Microsoft):

http://here.com

Excellent maps and navigation in my experience.

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For a good laugh, look at Tokyo on here.com:

http://here.com/35.7115098,139.7902388,13,0,0,normal.day

The largest city in the world apparently has about five streets (and note that even the extremely tiny amount that gets shown is actually wrong)! ><

Here maps certainly has its fans, but it's clear they have a long way to go before they're a real alternative to Google maps...

There is a deeper legacy there. People were complaining about coverage in Japan after Nokia bought Navteq in 2007 (Here was born out of Navteq).

I would expect Navteq had stayed away on some strategic basis and Nokia just kept doing that (I guess Nokia was never a huge brand in Japan).

Thanks for that. Looks good. Pity there's no HTTPS though.

Do you know/can you recommend any other OSM providers? Here.com is one of the best I've come across, but I'm wondering if there are any others.

I find them far superior to google maps (for cities in India)