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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by Semaphor on Monday November 26, 2018 @03:17AM (#18531858)
Just as an FYI, data quality varies heavily based on location. Here in Lübeck, Germany, Google sucks and amongst other things shows non existant streets while OSM is simply correct.

In Pretoria, South Africa, OSM has information outdated by several years while Google does not.

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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by black-tea on Monday November 26, 2018 @08:38AM (#18533220)
I think SA had a big bulk import a few years back. Unfortunately while this got the map off the ground quickly it fails to build a strong local mapping community.
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