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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by mycall on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:13AM (#50425924)
How many of the OSM mappers work for government agencies? Curious as they should be a reliable data source.
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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by TFNA on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:15AM (#50425954)
Very few, and in not all countries is government data compatible with OSM's license, so even people employed in state GIS can't necessarily edit the map from the office.
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