Mappers and humanitarian activists will use
MAPS.ME’s open sourcing to improve OpenStreetMap and to facilitate
relief efforts
Mail.Ru Group will open the source code of its MAPS.ME
application, the largest free mobile mapping app using
OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, in an announcement made at the Global
Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in San Francisco. The app, which
has more than 25 million downloads worldwide and allows maps to be
downloaded so they are accessible both on and offline, will now
allow other developers to embed free maps into their mobile
products. MAPS.ME’s code will also be available under the Apache
2.0 license, which means free usage for users, even when being used
for commercial purposes. Additionally, MAPS.ME will be used by
humanitarian groups, activists and volunteers in rural areas of
disaster zones and political crises. Typically in these areas there
is no sustainable internet, and other mapping services do not
provide necessary geographical data.
In coordination with OSM, a project dedicated to providing
crowdsourced mapped data of the world, opening MAPS.ME’s source
code is an important step in changing the ecosystem of the
development of mapping apps. OSM was created to be updated by
editors like Wikipedia articles; users can edit maps, add towns,
roads, locations and points of interest. This database is
constantly updated by a global community of enthusiasts that has
grown exponentially to 2 million members. This crowdsourced model
combined with the open sourced MAPS.ME app allows for the most
detailed and up-to-date maps available.
Fast-updating maps are crucial in areas of humanitarian aid,
especially in rural areas and lesser mapped countries. The
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is constantly working to
encourage people to update OSM in these areas. Efforts like Missing
Maps’ events prepare maps for printing and uploading to GPS devices
by using volunteers in the field. The open-sourced MAPS.ME
application now is included into these volunteer’s toolset, and HOT
members can not only install the app for doctors and aid workers,
reducing the need to teach them how to use it, but also provide
people with the most updated maps. Open source means users can
tailor the app to their needs, for example, adjusting the map style
so important elements like fresh water taps and refugee camps are
immediately visible.
“MAPS.ME's decision means that people around the world will now
have access to a professionally developed, cross-platform code base
that they can freely work with, and that can be customized and
remixed into tools of all sorts,” said Blake Girardot, Volunteer
Mapper and Member of the Board of Directors, HOT. “The ability to
tailor an application means that we can make sure we are presenting
or collecting our data in the most efficient way possible for the
communities we serve. We will benefit directly from MAPS.ME's
decision to open source their applications, and have already
started planning for how we can provide our humanitarian focused
geographic data and maps for use in the MAPS.ME application.”
“We are happy to share our vision of open and free software
available for communities around the globe. The whole team at
MAPS.ME appreciates the opportunity to contribute in HOT’s
humanitarian missions and help to serve in areas of disasters and
political crises,” said Yury Melnichek, Head of Maps Business Unit,
Mail.Ru Group. “Opening MAPS.ME is an important step not just for
us, but for the whole free mapping community, as OSM will become
even more accessible for a wider audience, which, I hope, will
attract new editors to join this outstanding movement.”
To download the code for MAPS.ME
visit: https://github.com/mapsme/omim
About MAPS.ME
MAPS.ME is an award-winning mapping and navigation app based on
the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap project. Available on iOS, Android
and Apple Watch, it includes detailed maps of all countries in the
world, as well as search, geolocation and routing features - all of
which can be easily downloaded for offline use. The first version
of MAPS.ME was released in 2011. Mail.Ru Group acquired the service
in late 2014, making the app free. Since its acquisition MAPS.ME
has grown to more than 25 million installs.
About Mail.Ru Group
Mail.Ru Group (LSE:MAIL, listed since November 5, 2010) is a
leading company in the Russian-speaking Internet markets (Russia is
Europe's largest Internet market measured by the number of users,
comScore). Mail.Ru Group's sites reach approximately 96% of Russian
Internet users on a monthly basis (comScore, June 2015) and the
Company is the sixth largest Internet business globally, based on
the total time spent (comScore, June 2015).
In line with the ‘communitainment’ (communication plus
entertainment) strategy, the Company is moving rapidly to build an
integrated communications and entertainment platform. The Company
owns Russia’s leading email service and one of Russia’s largest
internet portals, Mail.Ru (TNS, all Russia, age 12-64, June 2015);
three major Russian language social networks, Vkontakte (VK),
Odnoklassniki (OK.RU) and Moi Mir (My World); and Russia’s largest
online games business. Our portfolio also includes a leading
OpenStreetMap-based offline mobile maps and navigation service
MAPS.ME and two instant messaging (IM) services, Mail.Ru Agent and
ICQ, popular in Russia and CIS.
The Company holds an equity stake in Qiwi (1.31%). The Company
also holds a number of small venture capital investments in various
Internet companies in Russia, Ukraine and Israel. In November 2013,
The Company launched My.com in the US and later globally to provide
communication and entertainment products and services in
non-Russian speaking countries.
About My.com
My.com is a subsidiary of Mail.Ru Group, the sixth largest
Internet business globally, based on the total time spent
(comScore, June 2015), that is publicly traded on the London Stock
Exchange (LSE:MAIL, listed since November 5, 2010). My.com's vision
is to build an integrated communication and entertainment platform,
dubbed 'Communitainment,' beginning with a family of mobile apps
and games, and most recently, expanding to PC games bringing
immersive, massively multiplayer online experiences to the
masses.
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For Mail.Ru GroupKsenia Chabanenko,
650-772-9027ks@corp.my.com
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