• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Can’t we script a complete copy of Google maps data (shops, highways etc) to this? Is the API restricted? Can we run distributed jobs for it? I can spin up some compute if someone is interested in trying this

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      22 hours ago

      Organic maps SPECIFICALLY doesn’t want that. It would be grounds for them being sued and having to comb through their database and remove any “questionable” material.

      It would be the end of the project, they don’t have money for that.

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            22 hours ago

            @Melatonin No problem 🙂 Organic Maps is a great client for OSM. And doesn’t it feel good knowing that by correcting something through Organic Maps you are taking part in a community of 10M users who together created a 2TB xml file map of the whole planet, free for anyone to download? It’s one of the miracles of the free libre world.

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              15 hours ago

              I just downloaded, the only restaurant listed is a McDonald’s like 10 miles away… I got a lot of adding to do 😅

              I wish they had some fake points and a competition

              Oh… and the Arby’s that used to be in the town over is labeled “Honey baked ham”