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Re:DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps by kuschku on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @03:10PM (#18914546)
In many places (e.g. many parts of Germany) Google and Apple maps are far inferior compared to OSM and Mapbox specifically.

I tried finding an address recently on Google Maps, and just couldn’t find it, only to discover that that street was added 4 years ago, so ofc Google (with data from 2011) didn’t have it. OSM had it.

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Re:DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps by JohnFen on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @03:53PM (#18915089)
Yes, OSM can give truly excellent results for certain areas. And truly awful results for others.
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Re:DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps by xenadu02 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @01:38AM (#18918731)
This applies to all of the mapping providers. It takes a truly massive ground game to get really good map data for the entire world. Many players are working on this and I'm sure many will continue to work on it. A map that was garbage for your area three months ago might be great today.
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Re:DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps by Brakenshire on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:38PM (#18916821)
The same for Apple Maps, except any improvements that go there fall into another closed silo.
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