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SK53

Tech Crunch have a long and storied history of writing poor articles about #OpenStreetMap. At least they are consistent on OSM's 20th anniversary : techcrunch.com/2024/08/10/one-

* Steve Coast was taking on the #OrdnanceSurvey, not #GoogleMaps
* Google Maps was launched in February 2005, 6 months after the OSM domain name was registered.
* OpenStreetMap quickly encompassed a number of other #OpenData mapping projects. Ably explained in a recent post by @richardf : blog.systemed.net/post/18

12 August at 12:37 | Open on en.osm.town
6 comments
Michal Migurski πŸ‰

@SK53 @richardf I keep not-clicking on this article every time it scrolls by because of the ahistorical framing

12 August at 13:05 | Open on mastodon.social
SK53

@migurski @richardf I felt I had to read it before tooting. Just in case the headline was misleading, but it wasn't.

12 August at 13:27 | Open on en.osm.town
zool

@migurski @SK53 @richardf can't even read the URL as far as "Google Maps" but i'm tempted to click on it just to experience the feels, could be cathartic

12 August at 13:35 | Open on en.osm.town
Michal Migurski πŸ‰

@zool @SK53 @richardf everyone knows that Yahoo! Maps was the Great Satan of 2004 πŸ™ƒ

12 August at 13:37 | Open on mastodon.social
InsertUser

@migurski @zool @SK53 @richardf

Didn't they let OSM use their satellite imagery?

12 August at 13:55 | Open on en.osm.town
boB Rudis πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #NeverGoingBack

@SK53 @richardf @eheisman cld have rly just put a period after "poor articles” tbh.

12 August at 14:02 | Open on mastodon.social
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