Post A4RjkiBx3RmZe2JMYa by rory@en.osm.town
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 (DIR) Post #A4RjkgpE8S0jPGfhUu by rory@en.osm.town
       2021-02-19T17:22:18Z
       
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       “Inside the ‘Wikipedia of Maps,’ Tensions Grow Over Corporate Influence”Interesting article about #OpenStreetMap. While obviously it simplifies some things, it's not too bad. #OSM #xphttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/openstreetmap-charts-a-controversial-new-direction
       
 (DIR) Post #A4RjkhJMKQ76uillSq by rory@en.osm.town
       2021-02-19T17:22:47Z
       
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       “These companies don’t map for the same reasons we do, and because of that, I question deeply if our goals can align.” Oh yes @woodpeck is right here #xp
       
 (DIR) Post #A4RjkhkIiFfGGHNHSS by rory@en.osm.town
       2021-02-19T17:23:16Z
       
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       “Maps can never be a perfect representation of the world — they are instead a representation of how the map-makers perceive the world,”Another good thing to remember when doing #OpenStreetMap #xp
       
 (DIR) Post #A4RjkiBx3RmZe2JMYa by rory@en.osm.town
       2021-02-19T17:24:26Z
       
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       “The beauty of the #OpenStreetMap   project is its ability to incorporate different viewpoints,” Oh yes! We are all able to edit the same one #OSM commonly owned database, and different interest groups can do different things, and that's great. 🙂 #xp
       
 (DIR) Post #A4RjkiZhd8mUphQKZs by Alonealastalovedalongthe@toot.cafe
       2021-02-19T18:03:12Z
       
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       @rory “OpenStreetMap’s data is crowdsourced, which has always made spectators to the project a bit wary about the quality of the data,”^ I feel like this is a reoccurring problematic trope. What the fuck does google maps know about my local park? Why do we assume some higher authority is more trustable than community members? Why do we assume people are going to frequently waste their time editing openstreetmap out of bad faith?There is no evidence for this trope being true
       
 (DIR) Post #A4Rjkiys7Yuk5lCQoC by tek@freeradical.zone
       2021-02-19T23:01:40Z
       
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       @Alonealastalovedalongthe @rory "No, that new roundabout shouldn't show up on a map until Google gets around to driving around it."Also, show me an encyclopedia better than Wikipedia.
       
 (DIR) Post #A4RjkjuIg2qqxs4IK0 by Alonealastalovedalongthe@toot.cafe
       2021-02-19T18:04:20Z
       
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       @rory Google maps gets shit wrong ALL the time and yet nobody treats that as a systematic indicator that Google shouldn't be trusted
       
 (DIR) Post #A4Rro9NdDyzETCvQHY by icedquinn@blob.cat
       2021-02-20T00:32:00.155094Z
       
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       @Alonealastalovedalongthe @rory google either hires people to drive around in a car mapping the place or they buy the data off brokers or the local government.