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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Melatonin @MigratingtoLemmy

Not Organic Maps, that's just the client. The data is OpenStreetMap, more info about imports here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oops, right. New to this, just started using.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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"

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

I love sharing my favorite places with the world

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

@MigratingtoLemmy @101 @openstreetmap

No, this is against Google TOS and OpenStreetMap policy on data sources and the Data Working Group will step in and block any accounts doing this to protect the project as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah they restricted the API a while back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That's explicitly forbidden in Google Maps TOS

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

First, google's lawyers will not like that.

Second, in many places google maps data is not as good as Openstreetmap.