Nikita KaramovJun 22

The street that my mum lives in is a one-way street, but wasn't marked as such on #Google Maps. This caused many drivers to drive the wrong way. I have tried to edit it on Google Maps (there is such functionality), but to no avail. No matter how often I submitted a change (with photos of street signs!), Google said "Sorry, we could not verify it".

Solution: Edit the street on #OpenStreetMap! A few months after I did this, Google seems to have stolen the data, as it regularly does, and now the street is correct in both datasets!

Show threadГригорий КлюшниковJun 22
Could they please also steal the shapes of buildings that don't fall into the river? It's been like that for at least 4 years. In general, Google Maps are broken like that at least in St Petersburg and Dubai. They were fine in Paris, Brussels and Cologne when I visited Europe last year but I still had trust issues.
Show threadcrazyeddieJun 22

@grishka @kytta I used OSM on a pine phone a few years ago and it just plain didn't work. I think it was mainly the GPS, not the maps.

This is the first time I'm trying it out here on desktop and it's INCREDIBLY better than google maps. Just vastly superior. You just won't see any reviews or linkbacks and adverts and crap. Also no street view, which I do find useful when going somewhere I don't know, and no satellite view I can see.

I'm going to just go ahead and make the switch.

Show threadLindienJun 22
@crazyeddie
There is https://panoramax.fr/ which aims to be a fedetated alternative to streetview. It needs to be integrated in more apps.
Panoramax

Panoramax fédère les initiatives (des collectivités, des contributeurs OSM, de l’IGN...) pour favoriser l'émergence d'un géocommun de bases de vues immersives.

Show threadcrazyeddieJun 23
@Lindien Some solitary individual has been mapping out the west side of the US. If you look down at the car it's the same one every time. They've gotten around quite a bit.
Show threadLindienJun 23
@crazyeddie
Yes. This is a young project born in France. So you can expect good coverage in France. But there is a need to build other communities to take care of other part of the world.
Show threadcrazyeddie
@Lindien Yeah, gonna try to chip in. Can't let it just be one person. No promises. I almost never act on my goals.
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