this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
248 points (90.3% liked)

World News

32297 readers
664 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This kind of thing is why I hate Google Maps. There is no way to ensure that edits are carried out based on your local knowledge, whereas with OpenStreetMap you can just go make the changes that need to be made. It's been very satisfying for me to go contribute to OpenStreetMap when I see that paths are added or changed, so that the map reflects reality. Meanwhile Google Maps won't even move an entire park that is in the wrong place.

[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for helping put in some work.

[–] pec@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can edit my street as a dead end to lower bar traffic, cool!

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You’d still get plenty of traffic from Google Maps, etc.—it would only be the cool people who stopped using your street.

[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

People do check this stuff for vandalism.