Comment on Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• moakley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m all for swapping apps, but Organic Maps doesn’t even have my home address. And I live in a major metropolitan area.

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  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Add it to OSM?

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    • moakley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That solves the problem this time, but it doesn’t help if I’m trying to navigate somewhere new.

      If it doesn’t have the address for a 30-year-old house in a major metropolitan area, then I just don’t think it’s a viable replacement for Google Maps, unfortunately.

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      • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Every time I try to navigate to an address that’s missing in OSM, I just navigate to the street instead. It’s not a big deal.
        And when I have 5 minutes of free time, I add the address.

        That’s how OSM works. There isn’t a dev or company to blame, you can literally fix the missing data yourself. And that’s the only way it works.

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      • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I wish OSM had the resources to make something akin to Pokemon Go but instead of capturing something, it adds it to the database.

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  • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    My test search for the UPS store up the street sent me 4km away. So…not great.

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• TimboSlice@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Just swapped apps. Thanks for the suggestion!

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• brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I just tried it and found three dealbreakers instantly.

  1. It doesn’t have my address (I know I could add it but who knows what else it’s missing)

  2. It couldn’t find any public transport routes in my area

  3. There is no satellite view

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• IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The traffic conditions is huge tho

  Just last week, that philly plane crash, I saw exactly where the roads are closed and which roads are congested.

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• sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I use Google maps mostly to find out where things are, and unfortunately OSM does not have as many places as Google Maps. I can add one or two places I notice are missing (even though the phone interface isn’t that easy) but Google Maps consistently has better information, so I mostly use organic maps for when I already know the address or already know the location is in its database.

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