joostjakob

@joostjakob@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Github was bought in 2018. For all we know, OP could have been 10 at the time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexico⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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