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With Google Earth you can discover the world through superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data mapped onto a 3D browsable globe. Google Earth allows users to see and navigate cities, landscapes and roads across the globe.

HERE WeGo offers turn-by-turn navigation for driving, walking, and public transportation. Users can enter their destination, and the app provides step-by-step directions, including voice-guided instructions and real-time traffic updates. It also offers alternative routes and provides estimated arrival times. The service provides detailed maps with various layers of information, such as points of interest (POIs), landmarks, and business listings. Users can search for specific places, such as restaurants, gas stations, hotels, and more, and view additional details such as ratings, reviews, and contact information.

OpenStreetMap is free and open-source community-driven project to create editable maps for the world. The project provides data geolocation data about roads, trails, businesses, railway stations, air ports and much more. The data provided by the community and OpenStreetMap is free to use for any software project that requires maps, as long as you credit the project and its contributors.

Find locations across the globe with MapQuest. It's a navigation and maps application and website that can help you with driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road conditions or finding nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels.

An open source mapping platform with that can be used for software projects. Mapbox provides and APIs and SKDs to integrate location into any mobile or web application. Companies like Foursquare, Lonely Planet, Facebook, Financial Times, The Weather Channel and Snapchat utilize Mapbox to create custom maps for their applications.