The maps on Foursquare.com are soon going to look a little bit different, as the location check-in service ditches Google Maps and embraces the crowd-sourced mapping platform OpenStreetMap.

The new maps will have slightly different colors and buttons, but not to worry, "the new ones are really pretty," according to a Wednesday blog post from Foursquare announcing the change. Foursquare’s new maps were designed by MapBox, a startup that makes maps using data from OpenStreetMap, Foursquare said. OpenSreetMap is essentially a Wikipedia-like effort to create free world maps with data provided by users.

Foursquare said it initially started looking for a new mapping solution due to the price of Google Maps. Since its inception, Foursquare has used Google Maps, but it has seen a number of other companies migrating away from Google over the last six months.

During Foursquare’s hackathon in January, one of the company’s engineers suggested they make their own maps using data from OpenStreetMap. Turning the crowd-sourced data into usable map images proved difficult, however, which is why Foursquare turned to MapBox.

"As a startup, we also often think about how we can make life easier for other startups," Foursquare’s post reads.  "We love the idea of supporting open data through OpenStreetMap, and MapBox gives us greater flexibility on tile design for custom maps."

The change only affects the web version of Foursquare, the company said. The maps on the Foursquare apps for iOS and Android devices are not changing, since Foursquare uses the mapping components integrated into those platforms, both of which use Google Maps.