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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by askldfjaliwejf on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @09:20AM (#33435287)
except google. They copied OSM data in the past, and used in their proprietary offering that includes reselling the data. A blatant offense of the OSM license.

They were caught red handed in 2018 i think, and blamed on some contractors. But most interesting, despite this being a widely know fact for the mapping community, i can't find any mention of it anywhere today.

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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by pietervdvn on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:24AM (#33436297)
As hardcore-OSMer: this is pure FUD.

There are suspicions, but no hard proof has ever been found about this.

However, there is a well-known (and non-problematic) case where OSM-data is used in GMaps. Some polish bus agency used OSM to create their GTFS-feeds, which were ingested into GMaps. Selecting the bus line will thus show an OSM-based line layer; but as that line layer is clearly attributed with OpenStreetMap, that is totally fine; both legal and ethical. See https://twitter.com/MapAmorePH/status/1453863816110952450?t=...

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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by mda on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:21PM (#33438344)
As someone who has some first hand knowledge in the area, this is pure bullshit.
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