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That, and OSM helps you find things other than retail outlets.
by jhowell 8y ago
That, and OSM helps you find things other than retail outlets.
- simonw 8y agoAre you suggesting OSM has better point-of-interest search than Google Maps? I love OSM, but this doesn't match my experience at all. Can you provide a bit more detail, maybe some examples of searches that OSM has better data for than Google?
- mijamo 8y agoAt least here in Sweden you have much more detailed POI info in the countryside, like rune stoned and such. In Google Maps they can be impossible to find, and even the small path leading to them do not appear.
- lucb1e 8y agoI thought the same as simonw, I guess the confusion comes from that I would interpret POI search as being shops in towns. Indeed, things like runes and other countryside things with trails leading to them, gmaps is terrible at. I guess they just don't see the money in it, so it's up to us to map it ourselves.
- Brakenshire 8y agoOSM is obviously not so good for shops, but it has incredible detail in other points of interest, down to drinking fountains and benches. Although of course it depends of how well mapped your part of the world is.
- jhowell 8y agoFor me, it's the user experience. Searching for anything recreational will bombard you with hotels, restaurants, etc. It's nice to be free of this information at times.