There’s also significant talk about how the company will use OSM data. It’s clear TomTom is treading cautiously and respectfully here. Speaking to those working on this project, it’s apparent the company sees itself closer to the enthusiast mapmakers that make open map data what it is, rather than the Big Tech companies that often make use of it. Much of the strategy for the TomTom Maps Platform is built around collaboration and it’s employing that principle as it approaches open mapping communities too.

That most likely means something similar to “we want to sell OSM data but not give anything back and we don’t know how to tell OSM contributors without upsetting them yet. Our psychologists are on it, though.”