• guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      Yeah. I tried using OpenStreetMap for five minutes until I realised most of my city doesn’t have the house numbers mapped out.

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        In my experience, google maps has the same issues in some areas,e.g. Tanger. OSM was way more reliable there. You could help fix those issues by contributing. I think it’s fun and you’ll get to know your neighborhood better

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      4 months ago

      Maps was crowdsourced like wikipedia. Still is.
      It will turn to shit as crowds migrate. And the crowds are migrating.

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      Maps also has gone to shit. Complex routing including public transport is pretty much the only thing it still is useful for. For using maps as maps openstreetmap has been better for a long time, even before Google decided to dumb down their maps. For bicycle routing osm also is better nowadays as Google is missing most of the small paths.

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      On iOS I find Apple Maps to be better in general. I don’t think Google maps is as much of a monopoly as it once was

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          I’m fine with that, I’ve always had trouble with android devices but I haven’t had any issues since switching a few years ago. To each their own

    • Beaver@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      I’m going to spend an hour happily contributing to openstreetmaps in response :P