These are really common sense problems with open street databases. Everyone can edit anything and they are often built using unreliable hardware and software. Like TomTom notes, this can lead to serious problems. Imagine if some of those 'self-driving cars' would use them.
Don't get me wrong, Open Street Map is good. But these problems seem obvious. In some places, like where I live Open Street Maps works better than Google Maps. However, Bing Maps is the best one of them with most information and best UI.
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TomTom is clearly referring to the case where OpenStreetMap caught Google contractors vandalising OSM.
These are really common sense problems with open street databases. Everyone can edit anything and they are often built using unreliable hardware and software. Like TomTom notes, this can lead to serious problems. Imagine if some of those 'self-driving cars' would use them.
Don't get me wrong, Open Street Map is good. But these problems seem obvious. In some places, like where I live Open Street Maps works better than Google Maps. However, Bing Maps is the best one of them with most information and best UI.