InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoAre there any good google maps alternatives?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down10
arrow-up1254arrow-down1imageAre there any good google maps alternatives?lemmy.mlInterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square163linkfedilink
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·3 days agoIf OSM isn’t good enough, make it better.
minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoI spent an hour improving my hometown but that’s not where I need a map. I need it in places where I don’t know if it’s right or wrong.
minus-squaredroopy4096@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agotruth is OSM has proven to be more accurate in areas I frequent vs Gmaps. We’ve got into multiple “situations” because of Gmaps
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoNot op but one i encountered was that gmaps kept sending people down a private road with a locked gate before someone submitted feedback and got it changed
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSure, let me just fly my drone over everywhere in the world…
If OSM isn’t good enough, make it better.
I spent an hour improving my hometown but that’s not where I need a map. I need it in places where I don’t know if it’s right or wrong.
truth is OSM has proven to be more accurate in areas I frequent vs Gmaps. We’ve got into multiple “situations” because of Gmaps
Like what?
Not op but one i encountered was that gmaps kept sending people down a private road with a locked gate before someone submitted feedback and got it changed
Sure, let me just fly my drone over everywhere in the world…