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MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map dataset

www.theverge.com

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Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map dataset

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MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon have launched their open-source mapping project
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Watch out, Apple and Google.
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    How would data collection work in this case though?

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      With their own map apps for phones and such, possibly

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      It wouldn’t. It’s an open set of data that anybody can use. These companies can, and likely will, create their own map tools that will track users, but they just as easily could have done so using OSM.

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      Either by launching their own apps or by having access to Overture’s usage stats and meta data.

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