Can't we script a complete copy of Google maps data (shops, highways etc) to this? Is the API restricted? Can we run distributed jobs for it? I can spin up some compute if someone is interested in trying this

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 13 points 6 hours ago

@MigratingtoLemmy @101 @openstreetmap

No, this is against Google TOS and OpenStreetMap policy on data sources and the Data Working Group will step in and block any accounts doing this to protect the project as a whole.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Organic maps SPECIFICALLY doesn't want that. It would be grounds for them being sued and having to comb through their database and remove any "questionable" material.

It would be the end of the project, they don't have money for that.

[–] chebra@mstdn.io 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

@Melatonin @MigratingtoLemmy

Not Organic Maps, that's just the client. The data is OpenStreetMap, more info about imports here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Oops, right. New to this, just started using.

[–] chebra@mstdn.io 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

@Melatonin No problem 🙂 Organic Maps is a great client for OSM. And doesn't it feel good knowing that by correcting something through Organic Maps you are taking part in a community of 10M users who together created a 2TB xml file map of the whole planet, free for anyone to download? It's one of the miracles of the free libre world.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

I love sharing my favorite places with the world

[–] BootyBuccaneer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

That's explicitly forbidden in Google Maps TOS

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago

Yeah they restricted the API a while back.