I’ve tried using it over the years but I never liked it because there was no information. So last night I looked at my local city and there is almost no information at all. I spent a few hours last night adding buildings and restaurants and removing incorrect items. It was actually kind of fun and therapeutic and I plan to do more of it tonight. My girlfriend thinks it’s dumb and I’m wasting my time because Google maps and Apple maps and Bing maps exists but she just doesn’t understand open source.
Edit: Apologies, I just realized this question is not Linux specific.
why doesn’t openstreetmaps just scrape google maps for names?
I think it has to do with copywrited data
oh, that makes sense. thanks!
But the true information that constitutes the map isn’t copyrightable, the issue is that Google, and other map makers put in fake information, and if you copied that then you are in violation.
Map makers have done this since the start of map making being commercial.
The world has even been changed to fit these fake streets, or street names etc. Then is the street information copyrightable if someone actually put up a street name sign on a dirt road that is there because people drove there because the map said it was a road? Is it still copyrightable?