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Big corps that use OSM are actually contributing a lot back into OSM by actually fixing data issues. I have seen that first-hand; at a Corp that was using OSM,
by shp0ngle 3y ago
Big corps that use OSM are actually contributing a lot back into OSM by actually fixing data issues. I have seen that first-hand; at a Corp that was using OSM, they had a big team doing just that the whole working day. Just fixing issues in OSM that the customer have reported.
I think they in the end decided to fork OSM and make it proprietary to keep the data in-house; but I might be wrong. I was not there anymore.
edit: maybe I am wrong. It was Grab, "uber for Asia". They still edit OSM it seems...
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Grab#Grab_Data_Team https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Grab#Grab_Data_Team
edit2: the users seem to be inactive now, so maybe I was right. I don't know.
edit3: when I look at the corporate members, lots of them seem to be taxi companies. I guess it makes sense. I see Gojek, Grab and Bolt.
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Corporate_Members https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Corporate_Members
- lefuturiste 3y agoIf they fork it and use the data publicly, it need to be shared in the same license (ODBL)
- piebro 3y agoLooking at all edits done by osm member affiliated with Grab from that wiki list (https://piebro.github.io/openstreetmap-statistics/#b34d https://piebro.github.io/openstreetmap-statistics/#b34d) it seems they contributed a lot of edits (21M in total, sixth largest company contributor). The amount of edits slowed down on the last year though.
- shp0ngle 3y agoWow, meta has _millions_ edits per month. So does Amazon.