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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by Certhas on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:24PM (#35820811)
My impression is that open street maps problem is not the map quality. In areas I have used it, it often has details (e.g. small hiking paths, presence of bike lanes) that google maps doesn't have.

The issue is search. Searching for things that you don't know precisely (music bars in this area). This type of data/processing on top of the geospatial was always subpar and very hit or miss in my experience.

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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by valine on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:26PM (#35820839)
That’s not my experience. I work in downtown Minneapolis and open street maps is missing basic things like entrances to public parking lots. Open street maps has a problem if it can’t get details right in population dense areas.
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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by moffkalast on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:10PM (#35821412)
It's very hit and miss, as it's dependant on how many perfectionistic mapping enthusiasts that edit OSM as a hobby are in your area.
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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by danhor on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:42PM (#35821771)
It really depends, but in germany (has a large OSM community) OSM has so much better quality & detail for almost everything except buisnesses. It suffers from poor search, routing that doesn't take traffic jams or roadworks into account and a lack of high quality apps and thus only "nerds" use it instead of Google Maps or others.
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