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Maps are not just roads. POIS, transit rails, pedi paths all play a role,esp in cities. And OSM does well with path data but it's POI data is disappointing c
by mwexler 8y ago
Maps are not just roads. POIS, transit rails, pedi paths all play a role,esp in cities. And OSM does well with path data but it's POI data is disappointing compared to Google. Transit stations are in the data but no info about what lines serve them. For eateries or stores, hours, menu focus, parking data is often part of Google POIs but is missing from OSM.
All great reasons this data is not present, but that does limit OSM usage in a wide group of cases.
The data that is present, however, is wonderful.
- andygates 8y agoOne of the challenges there is POI freshness. A paying advertiser is going to be timely across the Googleverse.
- seren 8y agoI do occasionally add opening hours to OSM but the interface is a bit clunky in id editor. I would recommend using Street Complete, that has a really easy interface to add that kind of information to osm. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost... It is in beta but still very useful, and does not feel like a beta (really stable)