We live in an age of options.
Switch to the MapQuest app. It is literally the easiest thing you’ll do today.
“Ontario” is an indigenous word that was adopted by European colonists before either Canada or the US existed. Historical erasure from the “but muh statues” crowd.
Disgusting.
Did the golden bribe from Tim Apple not tell you what side of the fascist kleptocracy Apple chose?
MapQuest is not perfect but definitely usable
I’m not American should I give a fuck about this?
Idk what does apple maps say in your country?
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Just a note that Apple recently added ads to Apple Maps, so when you browse with it you’re giving them money and rewarding this.
I can’t understand why anybody uses these products.
Okay, I can, it’s marketing and ease of access. I guess it just annoys me that people don’t care.
Such a monumental and pointless fuckup.
something something ask me literally anything about using or contributing to OpenStreetMap or about what it is/the state of it. get hyperspecific; see if I give a fuck.
Source: reasonably long-time user and contributor
I did a bunch around me with street complete until it started asking the width of the roads. Is that actually useful?
I started filling in all the house names because nothing here is numbered. It hasn’t improved delivery drivers finding us 🤣
How should we approach businesses that closed and another opened in the same building? Should we delete and add another, or should we edit and change the name? Does osm keep records of what was in there before, for hisotrical reasons?
OpenHistoricalMap tracks that sort of thing. OpenStreetMap is strictly for what’s currently (and at least semi-permanently) there. For businesses that just closed, it’s a good idea to put a note saying something like “Formerly Dairy Emporium” (along with potentially, say, when it closed if known). This not only potentially helps confused users, but it also helps other contributors who might try to “correct” what seems like a mistake.
Editing and changing the info is ideal, because it preserves the edit history. A deleted object is a lot harder to find the edit history of.
Thanks. Just to better understand it, does older data from osm automatically go to openhistoricalmap, or is it a completely separate project which its own contributors?
I see. Feels like a missed opportunity on osm to be able to press a point and look for what used to be there
Could we rename the white house to something like brown diaper house as a protest through osm?
We’d ask that you didn’t try. Directing your energy toward improving OSM in your area and moving people away from the corporations kowtowing to Trump and other fascists is what makes an actual difference.
Fair :p
Good thing I switched to Mapy long ago… still hurts as an Apple user though.
Not Yet.
Still Lake Ontario for me too.
If this news comes as a surprise to you, you’re part of the problem.
