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kitns & tamsyn & tails, oh my!

@Wuzzy and it still took me several goes over a couple of years to get google to listen and correct their addresses

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Amgine

@kitsune @Wuzzy

Add your corrections to #osm.

Google slurps down their data faster than you can type, and your corrections will be incorporated into Google's maps.

And Google gets a lot of its data from your levels of government, who build that open data with your tax dollars. If Google has it wrong, likely some level of your government has that error.

kitns & tamsyn & tails, oh my!

@amgine @Wuzzy i didn't need to - OSM was already correct.

(also, please note that i don't live in a country where tax is paid in dollars)

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@amgine @kitsune @Wuzzy

here in the UK there is a paradox - the public sector does work closely with OSM and its increasingly used on govt websites, whilst private companies (particularly small businesses) still use Google as they are locked into the adtech ecosystem (especially the reviews)

I've contributed to both over the years, the only issue I have with Streetcomplete is I don't want to dox myself by OSM contributions too close to home or work (which is an issue for many folk)

Luna Saphira Dragofelis
@vfrmedia @amgine @kitsune @Wuzzy what about making an anonymous/pseudonymous OSM account not linked to your other identities? That seems like it might solve the doxing issue
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