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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by Sir_Cmpwn on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:17PM (#18530531)
This is a chicken and egg problem. If you want to support the ideas OSM represents your only course of action is to do so. Complaining that people aren't using it is a defeatist attitude.

And in any case, a lot more people benefit from OSM than you know. Consider that it's not just a website with a map on it, but a downloadable map you can do whatever you want with. There's no other free & public source on geography that even comes close to OSM's detail. And OSM is genuinely better for end-users than Google Maps in many respects.

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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by panic on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:28PM (#18530583)
I'm not complaining, just trying to explain why people don't want to contribute as much. You get the feeling you're doing work for an organization rather than improving a product for everyone. Some people are into that, but I think more people would contribute if OSM had a more usable product.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by Freak_NL on Monday November 26, 2018 @03:21AM (#18531873)
As opposed to doing unpaid volunteer work for megacorporation Google?

With OpenStreetMap the data I contribute is placed under a free software license and can be reused by anyone; I actively contribute to a community resource, rather than a proprietary database increasing some company's shareholder value.

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