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OpenStreetMap.org Gets Routing

Posted by timothy on from the proceed-to-virtuous-circle-way dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Good news for OpenStreetMap: the main website now has A-to-B routing (directions) built in to the homepage! The OSM website offers directions which are powered by third-parties using OSM data, providing car, bike, and foot routing. OpenStreetMap has a saying: 'What gets rendered, gets mapped' – meaning that often you don't notice a bit of data that needs tweaking unless it actually shows up on the map image. It will make OpenStreetMap's data better by creating a virtuous feedback loop."

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  1. OSM did progress by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Comparing OSM with Google Maps, OSM did progress a lot, compared to a couple of years ago. I find more readability in Google maps, but that's maybe only a matter of taste.

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  2. Re:A decade behind the rest by Bite+The+Pillow · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I added streets to osm and google maps had the data a few weeks later. I know it my osm data because I didn't know one street name, left it as the initial unique identifier, and that's what showed up.

    I assume google has a priority list, and uses navteq or the other atlas whatever before osm data, if present. If not, use osm.