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Google relabling Canadian parks as 'state parks' (www.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 75 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Canada really needs to develop its technology to get off of oppressive American tech. We need to work with other countries and develop our own tech to combat this. Absolutely insulting. Just a little “oopsie” after over a decade of not having mislabelled parks? The stink is showing.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Open source options exist. We just need more people using OpenStreetMaps and shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    As much as i try to update OSM with local knowledge, there's no way to keep OSM reasonably up to date without automation tools.

    I'm not sure how OSM can replicate whatever tools google uses to constantly update open/close hours, new/dead businesses, bus stops with schedules, etc.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    A government funded utility that utilizes regional GIS and aerial mapping would go a long way. Google's got the upper hand on directions and traffic reporting though, so that would take more time to make effective. A lot of that is genuinely due to the number of users that exist on the platform though. I think if you tried to implement similar location data analysis for government infrastructure, people would be up in arms at the idea, despite being perfectly happy to provide the same data to Google.

    It's unfortunate that Google is as prevalent a default service as they are, but it's hard to ignore how good a service they offer, and how long the development period has been to get them there.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Yeah people have to start using OpenMaps more, and OSMAnd app alternative for navigation

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yep! I recently created an account with https://www.openstreetmap.org/ and started mapping my local area. Fuck Google.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have been using the StreetComplete app that ties to that. It is actually helpful because I noticed some bad information on the local maps that was very easy to correct in the app.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    We have. Only it’s not well known, because of Google’s monopoly.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Then let’s start naming them and putting them out there. If they’re just maps but we need guis for apps on these, then it’s a great time to start that process and get developers in on it, preferably open sourced if possible.

    My guess is there would be lots of developers willing to work on a project like this to help distance us from America.

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