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Having benches mapped was recently very helpful for me on a long tiring day of touristing. Knowing I could have a rest in 300m was a huge help. Google Maps fail
by NelsonMinar 4y ago
Having benches mapped was recently very helpful for me on a long tiring day of touristing. Knowing I could have a rest in 300m was a huge help. Google Maps fails at this: either they don't have the data 0r they don't display it. OrganicMaps was great.
Entrances also are really useful. Without that data many apps like Uber assume the entrance to a building is at its centroid snapped to the nearest street. Which is usually wrong, often by a whole block.
- reportingsjr 4y agoTo your second point, google seems to have ramped up their efforts on micro mapping a lot in the last year. I frequently get a little questionnaire after using google maps to get somewhere that asks me to pinpoint exactly where the entrance of the building is, if there are multiple entrances, are they accessible, etc etc. Google also started rolling out more details on sidewalks, parks, etc in some cities, so I'm guessing they might transition that to more cities in the future. There are definitely gaps in some areas where google is quite far behind compared to OSM though. Trails is one area, I personally have spent a lot of time in OSM accurately mapping out trails in my local parks.
- pencilguin 4y agoI have a friend who makes a point of noting benches wherever he goes. And public trash receptacles.