Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced traffic data

Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by matkoniecz on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:31AM (#37048703)

Also, Organic Maps is run by (some subset of?) original founders.

Interesting case of why developers may prefer open source: company was sold, but code was open to legal reuse under a new brand.

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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by tuukkah on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:36AM (#37048778)

Users may prefer for the same reason.

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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by verve_rat on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:58AM (#37049050)

Surely a non-compete was involved?

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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by lucideer on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:04AM (#37049133)

Depends on the region you're in but non-competes vary wildly in enforceability. They mainly survive on the threat of incurring costs of a legal fight rather than likelihood of actual follow through enforcement.

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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by matkoniecz on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @07:01AM (#37060937)

It has not happened immediately. Also, AFAIK they were not in USA but somewhere in Europe.

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