OpenStreetMap is great, but...

Posted Mar 27, 2019 8:05 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
In reply to: OpenStreetMap is great, but... by eru
Parent article: OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards

Yes, several South American countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Perú) use identical shield logos (or nearly so) to those of the USA's (non-interstate) highways. Ecuador uses red and blue shields similar to the USA's interstate logos.

Google maps appears to use actual logos in representing highways; check out Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, or South Africa, for example.

OpenStreetMap is great, but...

Posted Mar 27, 2019 8:13 UTC (Wed) by jem (subscriber, #24231) [Link]

When you use Google Maps what you use is a client. Unless you are a Google employee in the right department you don't the original data source.