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I'll try not to rant, but a useful and complete open map system in my mind is one of the biggest things holding up a ton of innovation around mobile devices, se

I'll try not to rant, but a useful and complete open map system in my mind is one of the biggest things holding up a ton of innovation around mobile devices, search engines and even automotive by being able to divorce from apple/google/microsoft. I try to degoogle my life every so often and generally end up back on google after I try to type in an address for quick directions, orient myself in a foreign city or find an open restaurant near me. Great news and I hope there's more and more work in this area. I would love to see a federated way for local business to list themselves to be listed on open maps/search engines/etc instead of being listed on google business.

raybb 4y ago
I agree, I think a related part of this is reviews. I often pick which coffee shop to go to based on reviews that say how the wifi is, if it's loud, what food people like there, etc. There is an effort to do this that's integrated with mapcomplete but as far as I know it's not too actively used. It's called mangrove reviews. https://mangrove.reviews/ https://mangrove.reviews/
kqr 4y ago
What's preventing OpenStreetMap from being the system you envision, except for a lack of users? > I would love to see a federated way for local business to list themselves to be listed on open maps/search engines/etc instead of being listed on google business. What does federated mean in this case? Could OpenStreetMap be that Federation protocol?
- boredumb 4y ago
  I was imagining a system where you can essentially host your own file with your business metadata and different systems can use it for their own maps. In this case OSM could be aggregating businesses into their map to display local tire shops, etc. I the real power would be a third party aggregator for businesses that can use OSM to power the map itself where they manage the businesses/reviews/etc

raybb 4y ago

I agree, I think a related part of this is reviews. I often pick which coffee shop to go to based on reviews that say how the wifi is, if it's loud, what food people like there, etc. There is an effort to do this that's integrated with mapcomplete but as far as I know it's not too actively used. It's called mangrove reviews. https://mangrove.reviews/ https://mangrove.reviews/

kqr 4y ago

What's preventing OpenStreetMap from being the system you envision, except for a lack of users? > I would love to see a federated way for local business to list themselves to be listed on open maps/search engines/etc instead of being listed on google business. What does federated mean in this case? Could OpenStreetMap be that Federation protocol?

boredumb 4y ago
I was imagining a system where you can essentially host your own file with your business metadata and different systems can use it for their own maps. In this case OSM could be aggregating businesses into their map to display local tire shops, etc. I the real power would be a third party aggregator for businesses that can use OSM to power the map itself where they manage the businesses/reviews/etc