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I think it's most likely that most of the other commonly used alternatives (most significantly Google Maps but also Apple Maps, Bing Maps, Maps.me) use the plural.


Whereas when OSM started, they didn't (StreetMap and Multimap in the UK, MapQuest in the US).




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