Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop...
by redis_mlc on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:59AM
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I can confirm that Google appears to import data from OSM.
I added a placemark in OSM in the middle of Bali, Indonesia for an Internet cafe a few years ago, and it's currently also in Google Maps. (The cafe has since been closed for a few years.)
What's interesting is that's why I added it to OSM - to get picked up by Google Maps. :)
What's even more interesting is that when I told people in SV that I was doing that, they told me since it was a copyright violation, Google Maps wouldn't do that. :) :)
I added a placemark in OSM in the middle of Bali, Indonesia for an Internet cafe a few years ago, and it's currently also in Google Maps. (The cafe has since been closed for a few years.)
What's interesting is that's why I added it to OSM - to get picked up by Google Maps. :)
What's even more interesting is that when I told people in SV that I was doing that, they told me since it was a copyright violation, Google Maps wouldn't do that. :) :)