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In parts of Asia, including the #Philippines, Grab is a popular ride-hailing brand, and uses #OpenStreetMap data. While traveling the other day, I noticed a Grab driver using their new navigation app and asked them about it. They thought it's much better than Google or Waze, and says that he's been trying to convince other drivers he knows to switch to it. 8 comments
  I suppose Grab could be running something like MapDust quietly in the background and editing things where drivers repeatedly "refuse" to follow directions. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapDust It seems unlikely though from the commentary I've seen on Grab's edits here. @MapAmore "Grab driver" is a term which sounds very strange for a native German speaker like me as Grab means Grave in German. @MapAmore thank you for sharing… it had me curious so I took a look at the Grab Maps Terms and Conditions - would love to know more about how they use the other governmental and commercial providers along with OSM - I’ll keep digging 😊 : https://www.grab.com/sg/terms-policies/transport-delivery-logistics/ |
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The driver believes that it provides superior directions, especially one way streets, and restrictions, and saves them time from going circles.
Kudos @osm! 🎉
He mentioned how he wanted to use it for personal navigation, but couldn't, so I told him to try @organicmaps , which I explained also uses @openstreetmap data which he said he'll try.