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* 2005: '''''[[OpenLayers]]''''', the first version of the open source Javascript library OpenLayers.
* 2006: '''''[[WikiMapia]]''''' is launched
* 2009: '''[[MapTiler]]''' released as open source software for tiling of geographic data for web maps.<ref>{{cite web |title=Using MapTiler to Create a Tileset |url=https://maps.nls.uk/projects/urbhist/guides_maptiler.html |website=Visualising Urban Geographies |publisher=National Library of Scotland |access-date=23 April 2024 |date=2009}}</ref>
* 2009: [[Nokia]] made '''''[[Ovi Maps]]''''' free on its smartphones.
* 2012: '''''[[Apple Maps]]''''', the first vector-tile based mapping app,<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Apple's new vector-based Maps leave Google Maps looking jittery|url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/03/inside_apples_new_vector_based_maps_in_ios_6|access-date=2021-08-18|website=AppleInsider|language=en}}</ref> is launched, replacing [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s own Google Maps client as the default mapping app for its platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/26/apple-maps-europe-google|title=How Apple Maps won on UK iPhones over Google Maps - despite Waze|last=Arthur|first=Charles|date=2013-11-26|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>
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