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OSM (was: Firefox 34 released)

Posted Dec 2, 2014 14:29 UTC (Tue) by mstone_ (subscriber, #66309)
In reply to: OSM (was: Firefox 34 released) by giggls
Parent article: Firefox 34 released

I don't understand how he can fix the problem that he doesn't trust that he won't end up in an unfamiliar place not well mapped in OSM?

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OSM (was: Firefox 34 released)

Posted Dec 2, 2014 15:07 UTC (Tue) by giggls (subscriber, #48434) [Link] (2 responses)

I would rather not _trust_ Google as well, as far as maps are concerned :)

I have been cycling 800km this summer solely navigated by OSM based maps only.

Shure, quality depends on where you live (mathstuf did not tell mention the area he has been talking about). But at least here in Europe OSM is already a better replacement for Google in many places.

OSM (was: Firefox 34 released)

Posted Dec 2, 2014 15:14 UTC (Tue) by mstone_ (subscriber, #66309) [Link] (1 responses)

Well, here in my part of the US my experience is that google is more likely to have roads than OSM. Paths, also. In some places where there's more of a concentration of OSM users it's likely that OSM will have better maps, but in the OPs situation of being out in the boonies in middle america you've got better odds that google sucked up the output of people paid to do mapping than that you've lucked into a place where a volunteer decided to do something.

OSM (was: Firefox 34 released)

Posted Dec 3, 2014 6:35 UTC (Wed) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

The US database for google maps is indeed notably superior to the European comparitor -- at least spottily sampled in the UK, southern Germanany, and Finland.