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Google slashes Indian maps API prices – after rival's launch (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The rival is openstreetmaps

[–] GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Nope, as usual a corpo has taken OSM's data and are going to provide it under new banner with few useful edits and not contribute to OSM.

[–] Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev 14 points 4 months ago

Yeah and his audacity to call it as "in-house maps".

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well because OSM is neither an app nor a service. It's not an alternative to Google Maps.

[–] jak2k@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Wouldn't that be illegal?

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 0 points 4 months ago

is organic maps good?