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Can't we script a complete copy of Google maps data (shops, highways etc) to this? Is the API restricted? Can we run distributed jobs for it? I can spin up some compute if someone is interested in trying this
First, google's lawyers will not like that.
Second, in many places google maps data is not as good as Openstreetmap.
Organic maps SPECIFICALLY doesn't want that. It would be grounds for them being sued and having to comb through their database and remove any "questionable" material.
It would be the end of the project, they don't have money for that.
@Melatonin @MigratingtoLemmy
Not Organic Maps, that's just the client. The data is OpenStreetMap, more info about imports here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import
Oops, right. New to this, just started using.
@Melatonin No problem 🙂 Organic Maps is a great client for OSM. And doesn't it feel good knowing that by correcting something through Organic Maps you are taking part in a community of 10M users who together created a 2TB xml file map of the whole planet, free for anyone to download? It's one of the miracles of the free libre world.
I just downloaded, the only restaurant listed is a McDonald's like 10 miles away... I got a lot of adding to do 😅
I wish they had some fake points and a competition
Oh... and the Arby's that used to be in the town over is labeled "Honey baked ham"
I love sharing my favorite places with the world
@MigratingtoLemmy @101 @openstreetmap
No, this is against Google TOS and OpenStreetMap policy on data sources and the Data Working Group will step in and block any accounts doing this to protect the project as a whole.
Yeah they restricted the API a while back.
That's explicitly forbidden in Google Maps TOS