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> You won't just get shop owners to upload their opening hours to your service as well as google maps Over the last couple of years, I have noticed some shop o
by Mediterraneo10 7y ago
> You won't just get shop owners to upload their opening hours to your service as well as google maps
Over the last couple of years, I have noticed some shop owners (mainly chains, but also individual proprietors) adding their opening hours to OpenStreetMap themselves. Certainly more needs to be done to compete with Google, but OSM is still a libre alternative with some level of uptake. Plus, anyone walking past an establishment can add its opening hours from what the sign on the door says.
- rlpb 7y agoI add opening hours to establishments I frequent. Since next time, I can easily answer the question "Is X open right now?" without needing to be online to do so.
- mcv 7y agoOSM is fantastic. At least if you live in an area where people maintain it. The level of detail that OSM has on Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo, is astounding. On Google Maps it's hard to see which parts are inside and which are outside the zoo. Google Maps also very reliably sucks on bicycle routes in and around Amsterdam.