Re:AI is supercharging the creation of maps around the world
by thomersch_ on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @05:48PM
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Nope, they just cherry-picked someone who is positive, which is not the case for most mappers.
Re:AI is supercharging the creation of maps around the world
by tmcw on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:17AM
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OpenStreetMap contributors haven't been happy with anything, for the last 15 years.
Re:AI is supercharging the creation of maps around the world
by tuukkah on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @03:44AM
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There are many positive developments such as good quality satellite imagery and goverment geographic data being offered to OpenStreetMap contributors for integration. An up-to-date aerial image of a city does wonders to the mapping experience. Mapillary's service complements OSM nicely as well as provides an invaluable on-the-ground data source. There's so many happy things in the community I can't possibly list them all.
Re:AI is supercharging the creation of maps around the world
by habnds on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @03:53AM
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Agreed, Tranport for London recently built an enormous database of cycling infrastructure to be integrated into OSM. It's an exciting project/collaboration.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TfL_Cycling_Infrastructu...
Re:AI is supercharging the creation of maps around the world
by maxerickson on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:10AM
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Nor have their critics!
Facebook wasn't the only company adding low-quality data: https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=64430 (Previous discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18723138 )
This article's quotes of what appear to be OpenStreetMap representatives are generally positive, so maybe that means they fixed all the problems they caused.