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Mileage varies depending on where you live. I really like the idea of OSM and have tried it on and off for years but it's abysmal for my city. Post code searche

Mileage varies depending on where you live. I really like the idea of OSM and have tried it on and off for years but it's abysmal for my city. Post code searches come up wrong and my own home address places the map marker the other side of town from my house. Google Maps has been accurate every time I've used it and I've never had any issues. I can't really trust OSM as an accurate source over Google Maps right now but hopefully it improves as time goes on. I really hope it does. I have tried to use open source solutions a lot in my life but I can't with Maps right now.

Moru 8y ago
It's open for you to make the changes nessessary. It's only as good as it's editors and there isn't that many that can dedicate a lot of time to mapping. Thank you all that does!
- femto 8y ago
  This actually does work. I went though a phase of keen mapping and entered detailed information for my local area, especially for things off road. (Triggered by OSM becoming rubbish when the license changed most of the Australian data was removed.) Consequently for the last 6 years OSM is my fist stop for anything to do with my local area. Hopefully others have seen a benefit too. It's always interesting to see where my OSM data pops up, as I mapped a number of obscure cliff lines in in accessible bush, which are quite a distinctive feature. For example, participating in rogaining or orienteering events and realising that I drew the base map 4 years before!
  - voltagex_ 8y ago
    Wait, what happened to Australian data?
    - voltagex_ 8y ago
      For anyone else wondering: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Australia#OIder_projects https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Australia#OI... and https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Historic/We_Are_Changing_The_License https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Historic/We_Are_...

Moru 8y ago

It's open for you to make the changes nessessary. It's only as good as it's editors and there isn't that many that can dedicate a lot of time to mapping. Thank you all that does!

femto 8y ago
This actually does work. I went though a phase of keen mapping and entered detailed information for my local area, especially for things off road. (Triggered by OSM becoming rubbish when the license changed most of the Australian data was removed.) Consequently for the last 6 years OSM is my fist stop for anything to do with my local area. Hopefully others have seen a benefit too. It's always interesting to see where my OSM data pops up, as I mapped a number of obscure cliff lines in in accessible bush, which are quite a distinctive feature. For example, participating in rogaining or orienteering events and realising that I drew the base map 4 years before!
- voltagex_ 8y ago
  Wait, what happened to Australian data?
  - voltagex_ 8y ago
    For anyone else wondering: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Australia#OIder_projects https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Australia#OI... and https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Historic/We_Are_Changing_The_License https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Historic/We_Are_...