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Anon thinks about Google (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OSM is great in some places. But outside of the more techy areas, it's a barren land. I something do my part with streetcomplete, but anyway, it's not there yet (in most places)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I contribute to OSM but apps like OsmAnd are a far cry in features from Google Maps. The paths are very much not optimized. If I tell it to go back to my hometown it takes me about 15 minutes out of the way. And I can't tell it to go to a certain house because the houses aren't mapped yet.

Should I help map them? Yes. But for your average user that's not going to work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

OsmAnd blows google maps out of the water in terms of features, but google does better with less. It's easier to use and it has everyone contributing to traffic analysis without them even realizing.