Mastodawn

Wuzzy Sep 26, 2023

#Google is trying again to convince you, YES YOU, to contribute for free to Google Maps.
Please don't.
It is 100% #proprietary, Google has full control over the data you added and people can only access Google Maps over proprietary channels where Google dictates the rules. This gives them too much power.

Contribute to #OpenStreetMap instead, it's a project by the community, for the community.

https://www.openstreetmap.org

#OSM #GoogleMaps #PSA #scam #capitalism #OpenData

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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Doug Grinbergs

@Wuzzy PSA: you can also contribute street-level driving, riding, walking images (mappers use the term "ground truth") to #OpenStreetMap #OSM, which map editors can use to fine-tune map objects, using crowdsourced Mapillary (owned by Meta), KartaView, Mapilio. (OSM edit mode layers can be toggled on/off.)
I mostly use Every Door app to add/update street furniture in realtime.