CorrectAlias comments on Are there any good google maps alternatives?

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Contributing to OSM is the best way to give yourself and others freedom from Google. It's very easy to do through StreetComplete, which is a gamified system that updates the map as people complete quests.

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[–] NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

The city exist on the map, it's the search that doesn't find. Not sure what I could do in that case.

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[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 days ago

It can't find the entire city on the map, even though it's on the map? I've never experienced that, I'm not sure how that's possible.

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

My issue with OSM is that i need an account which may potentially contribute to leak my identity

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[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 days ago

I was also worried about this, but if you make your changes wide reaching enough and don't use the same username as everywhere else (honestly, this is a good practice for all accounts), it shouldn't leak your identity.

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[–] randombullet@programming.dev 1 point 3 days ago

Not really fixing the account issue, but can you use an email alias? I use one for my account.

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