I would like to use maps in my web application to plot various points. Which one should i use google maps or bing or some other? Using bing maps is free?? I expect a free solution. Is there any that i can use? Thanks.
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Bing Maps does have some free usage options for public facing applications that generate under a certain amount of transactions. If you are creating a mobile or Win8 app then you can generate 50,000 transactions a day for free. If you are creating a web app then you can get 125,000 transactions a year for free.
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The only one that I know of that's actually Open Source as specified is Open Street Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/. The map tiles are generated in a crowd sourced manner, and the entire dataset is free to download/play with.
You'll need a seperate data interaction layer (unlike Google Maps or Bing), the best I know of is OpenLayers: http://openlayers.org/ again, open source and free to use/fiddle with as you will.
