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> For a vibrant consumer navigational ecosystem to emerge, society needs to invest in OpenStreetMap as a public good. … City planners should dedicate staffers to updating their roads and bridges on OpenStreetMap. Communities should submit updates with roads and hazards in their local areas
We quite agree! 
From @Julia's recent Op. Ed. in the #NewYorkTimes, “Your Driving App Is Leading You Astray”
read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/google-maps-driving-apps-flaws.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E0.yGok.7gErcSBb7E43&smid=url-share
#OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat #FreeMaps
@openstreetmap @Julia Plus: OpenStreetMap and OsmAnd as an app come with languages like Sorbian, which Google doesn't even bother to notice.
Great read, @Julia.
I would, however, note that Google will also scrape @openstreetmap for data. My own edit to add my newly-built house to OpenStreetMap "misteriously" got added to GMaps a few days later. No official entity had that information at that point, since our land registry still doesn't have it, the IRS only has it for about a week, the city hall only officially has it for a month, no Google cars passed by since the house started being built 4 years ago and I submitted the info over a year ago...
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