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OpenStreetMap, of course, has correct and accurate directions on how to drive or walk to the Hollywood sign. e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engi

by rmc 11y ago

OpenStreetMap, of course, has correct and accurate directions on how to drive or walk to the Hollywood sign. e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_foot&route=34.1067%2C-118.3307%3B34.1341%2C-118.3216#map=14/34.1208/-118.3220 https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_...

JDDunn9 11y ago
At least until Google vandalizes it. http://www.wired.com/2012/01/osm-google-accusation/ http://www.wired.com/2012/01/osm-google-accusation/
- matthewmacleod 11y ago
  Please don't spread this kind of FUD – even the article you linked to is much more measured. It's pretty silly to imply that there was any corporate action on behalf of Google aimed at vandalising OSM at the same time as the were sponsoring their annual conference.
  - schoen 11y ago
    I agree with your criticism, but I don't think sponsoring a conference is definitive proof of good will or alignment of interests. Some of the companies that sponsor Linux and FOSS conferences also take actions, for example in court, that are against the interests of those communities. Edit: I'm reminded of Thomas Schelling's notion of "incomplete antagonism" :-)
  - Doctor_Fegg 11y ago
    FWIW, I believe SOTM sponsorship came from Google's Open Source office rather than from Maps.
bambax 11y ago
I'm behind a very stupid and extremely annoying corporate wall (McAfee Web Gateway) that blocks OpenStreetMap, but not Google Maps...
- DanBC 11y ago
  That sounds like a bug. Is there any way for people to report that bug?
  - bambax 11y ago
    Well, it's at a client's office, and I have another PC connected to the Internet via GSM so I don't care much... Here's what McAfee says about OSM: URL : https://www.openstreetmap.org/ https://www.openstreetmap.org/ URL Category : Public Information Reputation : Minimal Risk Application : OpenStreetMap Rulename : Block Unwanted Categories of Applications
- mywacaday 11y ago
  Im also behind McAfee Web Gateway and have access to OpenStreetMap, its up to whoever maintains it in your corp to unblock
  - bambax 11y ago
    Yeah I'm sure someone could unblock it, but I doubt they blocked it in the first place on purpose: OSM must be in some default list when McAfee Web Gateway is first installed, and that's probably the root of the problem...
- reitanqild 11y ago
  More generally I think we should campaign to get most McAfee stuff classified as some kind of badware: scareware, bloatware, nagware etc. I do very little computer support (only friends and family and the occational coworker) and still I have solved a number of cases lately just by uninstalling anything McAfee related I could find. Between drive by downloads and blocking internet access if you don't pay for protection it easily gets a place on my badware list at least.
huhtenberg 11y ago
As does Bing.

by rmc 11y ago

JDDunn9 11y ago

At least until Google vandalizes it. http://www.wired.com/2012/01/osm-google-accusation/ http://www.wired.com/2012/01/osm-google-accusation/

matthewmacleod 11y ago
Please don't spread this kind of FUD – even the article you linked to is much more measured. It's pretty silly to imply that there was any corporate action on behalf of Google aimed at vandalising OSM at the same time as the were sponsoring their annual conference.
- schoen 11y ago
  I agree with your criticism, but I don't think sponsoring a conference is definitive proof of good will or alignment of interests. Some of the companies that sponsor Linux and FOSS conferences also take actions, for example in court, that are against the interests of those communities. Edit: I'm reminded of Thomas Schelling's notion of "incomplete antagonism" :-)
- Doctor_Fegg 11y ago
  FWIW, I believe SOTM sponsorship came from Google's Open Source office rather than from Maps.

bambax 11y ago

I'm behind a very stupid and extremely annoying corporate wall (McAfee Web Gateway) that blocks OpenStreetMap, but not Google Maps...

DanBC 11y ago
That sounds like a bug. Is there any way for people to report that bug?
- bambax 11y ago
  Well, it's at a client's office, and I have another PC connected to the Internet via GSM so I don't care much... Here's what McAfee says about OSM: URL : https://www.openstreetmap.org/ https://www.openstreetmap.org/ URL Category : Public Information Reputation : Minimal Risk Application : OpenStreetMap Rulename : Block Unwanted Categories of Applications
mywacaday 11y ago
Im also behind McAfee Web Gateway and have access to OpenStreetMap, its up to whoever maintains it in your corp to unblock
- bambax 11y ago
  Yeah I'm sure someone could unblock it, but I doubt they blocked it in the first place on purpose: OSM must be in some default list when McAfee Web Gateway is first installed, and that's probably the root of the problem...
reitanqild 11y ago
More generally I think we should campaign to get most McAfee stuff classified as some kind of badware: scareware, bloatware, nagware etc. I do very little computer support (only friends and family and the occational coworker) and still I have solved a number of cases lately just by uninstalling anything McAfee related I could find. Between drive by downloads and blocking internet access if you don't pay for protection it easily gets a place on my badware list at least.

huhtenberg 11y ago

As does Bing.