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One thing I really like about OSM is the fact that it accepts pull requests from anybody. For example, I live on a road that ends in "Street", but for whatever
by jordan0day 13y ago
One thing I really like about OSM is the fact that it accepts pull requests from anybody. For example, I live on a road that ends in "Street", but for whatever reason, Google's online maps have it marked as "Lane". This results in delivery drivers and service people often going to the wrong address. The street name was wrong on OSM, but I submitted a pull request and saw the fix implemented immediately.
Interestingly, Apple Maps, Mapquest, and Bing maps all have the right street name. After I submitted the PR to OSM, it's correct now, too. Only Google Maps is still wrong, which is unfortunate, since that seems to be the one most people rely on (especially w.r.t phone GPS's). I've had several instances of friends calling, confused on how to reach my house, after their Google Maps App took them to a house a few blocks away.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoHave you tried making the change in Google Maps? I've made 10+ changes in the last 2 years, and have found their QA team to be very responsive.
- jordan0day 13y agoYes, I just did earlier this morning -- for some reason it never occurred to me to try until I saw this article.
- bad_user 13y agoI tried making 2 contributions to Google Maps and both were rejected by overzealous moderators. So I gave up on trying to submit changes to Google Maps, plus, as the article correctly states - GMaps data does not belong to us, so why contribute?
- rmc 13y agoAnyone can edit and improve OSM straight away. It's like editing Wikipedia. There is no-one there to "accept" or "reject" "pull requests"