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OSM is very tightly focused. It’s a factual geodatabase. Nothing else. No reviews, no photos, no StreetView, no consumer-facing navigation app, no “host your ow
by Doctor_Fegg 3y ago
OSM is very tightly focused. It’s a factual geodatabase. Nothing else. No reviews, no photos, no StreetView, no consumer-facing navigation app, no “host your own data” a la Google My Maps, no public transport timetables. Just street, landuse and other map data. The principle is that others can then take that data and build on it - and they do!
- berkes 3y agoIt does have some timetables. There are opening hours for your local barber,but also for a beach, national park, and for roads, gates etc. There are timetables for ferries, elevators, etc. Most often only "the ferry is running between 06:30 and 22:15”, but sometimes actually timetables. Eg. "The bridge opens every hour during weekdays and every two hours in the weekends". So not if your bus or tram is leaving in two minutes, but many other time tables are there. The notation is horrible though. It's a hodgepodge DSL, that's almost a programming language crammed into a text field.