How Google Maps has moved so far ahead of the competition

This is an area where Apple needs to seriously reconsider all of the third party sources. They just aren't where Google is by themselves. Perhaps using OpenStreetmap as a partner?

TomTom supposedly has a map correction tool but I have never been able to get it to load.

The Apple satellite images are woefully out of date in many places.

Although, Apple does seem to have gotten a lot faster at adding user submitted places to Maps. I wonder if they have some sort of user reputation system in place? I've noticed things I've submitted have been corrected within a couple days. Pins moved, road changes, businesses that have closed/opened, or just adding new places.