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		fendale on Oct 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Your best passive income sources? I followed through your profile, and the hiking app looks very good. Great job! How do you get 'outdoor maps' into the App, ie do you license them or are they available freely somewhere?

andrewljohnson on Oct 11, 2012 [–]

We pay for use of some map servers, and use free servers. If you have GIS server skills and soe capital, you can tile and serve the maps yourself... Lots of good free data out there.

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