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Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps (www.usatoday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Add it to OSM?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

That solves the problem this time, but it doesn't help if I'm trying to navigate somewhere new.

If it doesn't have the address for a 30-year-old house in a major metropolitan area, then I just don't think it's a viable replacement for Google Maps, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Every time I try to navigate to an address that's missing in OSM, I just navigate to the nearest one instead. It's not a big deal.
And when I have 5 minutes of free time, I add the address.

That's how OSM works. There isn't a dev or company to blame, you can literally fix the missing data yourself. And that's the only way it works.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I wish OSM had the resources to make something akin to Pokemon Go but instead of capturing something, it adds it to the database.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You are in luck my friend: https://streetcomplete.app/

They have made it super easy and fun. I have been playing it for nearly a year and have made a pretty big dent in my local dense metro area.

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

Thanks, I was following this thread and wanted to say the same thing

I've kept updating shops that change, new houses, parking, etc... it's great. I even used it on vacation (when the SO wasn't looking)

My global rank is #1554 and ~#130ish in my local country, but #12 in another country I barely visit, so it shows where more people should ~~complain less~~ support more.

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

Wow good work, my global ranking is #2449.

Ha, yeah it's good that you slowly clear out your local area because my SO did not appreciate me trying to answer questions while we walked.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

oh yay!!