joostjakob

@joostjakob@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexico⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So now that is on the hands of the folks who use the OSM data. It’s in a somewhat exotic tag, so by default any map that uses OSM will show Gulf of Mexico, unless they actively intervene to show Gulf of America. So if you see an OSM based map showing the latter, you know they made that choice consciously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to check. I’m pretty sure it’s this bridge in OpenStreetMap www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/28.02674/79.48926 And there it is also not closed off for routing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Made unusable”: that’s not how it works. Even with occasional vandalism, there’s so much more people positively contributing, that overall the map just keeps on getting better and better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨those damn vegans!⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tip my hat to you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨those damn vegans!⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As pointed out above, if you hate plants, you should eat as much meat as possible. Every kilo of meat represents at least ten kilos of plants eaten by the animal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are MRNA vaccines any riskier than other vaccines?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the molecule. The ones used in vaccines are nit dangerous. See for example www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100244467/