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

• moakley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You are in luck my friend: streetcomplete.app

      They have made it super easy and fun. I have been playing it for nearly a year and have made a pretty big dent in my local dense metro area.

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      • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        oh yay!!

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      • Cyber@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks, I was following this thread and wanted to say the same thing

        I’ve kept updating shops that change, new houses, parking, etc… it’s great. I even used it on vacation (when the SO wasn’t looking)

        My global rank is #1554 and ~#130ish in my local country, but #12 in another country I barely visit, so it shows where more people should complain less support more.

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      • oxf@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is actually incredible. Thanks for sharing!

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      • mocoma@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Found this thing yesterday. I’ve contributed to OSM more in a day than in the previous year. It’s great.

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