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0 pointsVik1ng11y ago0 comments

And google does that better? Google pretty much only shows large forrests in my area, everything else is often just grey, no matter if small wood area, grass or farmland. Maybe it's in the US because of bad imports, but in Europe OSM is usually is pretty accurate.

> lastly, oh you want to look at other countries? how about we use their language instead. ugg

Well, that's what everybody outside the US or non English speaker has to deal with all the time. OpenStreetMap simply is a global project, while google still is very US centric.

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autokad11y ago· 1 in thread

No, Google will display the language you normally look at. Also if I go to china, i see the chinese writing as well as english. OSM its just chinese. HOWEVER, when someone with their language set to Mandarin, they can view US cities and see it in mandarin, or even arabic cities.

and for the record, yes, google maps is way better. Not only is the data more accurate, it uses consistent and easy to differentiate symbology.

ris11y ago

You are talking about the default map tile style, not OpenStreetMap itself. The default style is really designed for mappers to give them feedback in the editing process. The real intention is for a commercial entity (mapquest? mapbox?) to go and create beautiful consistent tiles and charge for their provision.

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