Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Re:Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team by thriftwy on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @04:56AM (#34690766)

OpenStreetMap already often has awesome coverage of remote places in Africa where I would expect Google Maps to be spotty.

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Re:Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team by nicbou on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:42PM (#34696016)

It has markedly better coverage in Nepal, Morocco, Central Asia, and quite frankly anywhere I have checked. It has been very useful when I travelled by motorcycle, and I've contributed a few hundred hotels and petrol stations in those places to return the favour.

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Re:Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team by lkbm on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:42PM (#34696022)

I noticed yesterday that it's missing all the houses in my neighborhood (South Bend IN). A few blocks over it's complete, but I have some work to do on my block.

It's not new construction. This house is close to 100 years old. It's just never been mapped by the hard-working volunteers of OSM.

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Re:Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @10:21PM (#34719358)

You too are one of those hard working volunteers. Thank you for your contributions to the dataset and platform.

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