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Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org.

There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community

https://mapcomplete.org is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)

https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.

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Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store (fosstodon.org)

submitted 3 months ago by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There definitely is data in OSM that isn't in Google Maps, that is what makes OSM so great! :D

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Absolutely true. I just updated a neighborhood area yesterday that is completely wrong in Google. I didn't mean to imply that it's identical, just comparable in terms of content.