InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoAre there any good google maps alternatives?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down10
arrow-up1255arrow-down1imageAre there any good google maps alternatives?lemmy.mlInterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·2 months agoIf OSM isn’t good enough, make it better.
minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months 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 months 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 months 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-squaredroopy4096@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agolike leading us the wrong way. Or completely ignoring existence oh our house.
minus-squarePrathas@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve never seen it get my home location incorrect… And the only wrong ways I’ve seen it involve are roadblocks.
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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
like leading us the wrong way. Or completely ignoring existence oh our house.
I’ve never seen it get my home location incorrect… And the only wrong ways I’ve seen it involve are roadblocks.
consider yourself lucky then
Sure, let me just fly my drone over everywhere in the world…