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Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map dataset (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] priapus 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sounds like you don't actually know much about it. This is a map dataset, they have no way of tracking people once it is independently implemented. They also could have just released a map app using OSM and collected data from that, there was nothing stopping them.

They explained in their FAQ why this is a separate project:

Overture is a data-centric map project, not a community of individual map editors. Therefore, Overture is intended to be complementary to OSM. We combine OSM with other sources to produce new open map data sets. Overture data will be available for use by the OpenStreetMap community under compatible open data licenses. Overture members are encouraged to contribute to OSM directly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never claimed to know everything about it, but fair enough, I definitely may have misunderstand that aspect. Thanks for the clarification!

[–] priapus 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry I used a bit of a rude tone. Just wanted to make sure misconceptions weren't spread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Totally understandable. I don’t want to come off like I was well read on this, I was definitely jumping to a conclusion based on the companies involved.