MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 年前Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map datasetwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up180cross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idmeta@lemdro.idtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 年前OSM is basically Wikipedia in map form. It uses public domain or donated map data and anyone can contribute. It is very much a competitor to Google Maps.
minus-squareMazonnaCara89@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前But OSM is not a simple map but a database of data, what you see on their site is only an implementation of what you can do with the data.
OSM is basically Wikipedia in map form. It uses public domain or donated map data and anyone can contribute.
It is very much a competitor to Google Maps.
But OSM is not a simple map but a database of data, what you see on their site is only an implementation of what you can do with the data.