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Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps project to crack Apple-Google duopoly
- ilaksh 3y agoIs it compatible with OpenStreetMap?
- habi 3y agoThey enrich OpenStreetMap data “with other sources”, see the ‘relation with OpenStreetMap section’ on: https://overturemaps.org/resources/faq/ https://overturemaps.org/resources/faq/
- calamari4065 3y agoI can't imagine a group of collaborators that would make me distrust their product more.
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- FirmwareBurner 3y agoBut you trust Google, the Ad company?
- pandacake 3y agoMore than those others? Yea...
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoWhat's the difference? Don't they all sell your private info to advertisers?
- calamari4065 3y agoNo, but I trust Facebook plus Microsoft plus Amazon even less Which is actually impressive. You've managed to make a group even worse than all other current bad actors
- RicoElectrico 3y agoMeta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps after OpenStreetMap refused to be a dumping ground for their AI-derived geospatial data Fixed the title
- hightrix 3y agoIf only Facebook wasn’t involved I might be interested. Everything Facebook touches is contaminated, unfortunately.
- cantSpellSober 3y agoNot buying the David v Goliath tone of the article, they realized Apple and Google owned the market and wanted a piece of it. At least they're honest about just ripping off OpenSteetMaps and "curating" it. Hopefully it's not the "curating" that Google's done, like putting up waypoints for the nearest McDonald's.