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by kuschku 2709 days ago
In many places (e.g. many parts of Germany) Google and Apple maps are far inferior compared to OSM and Mapbox specifically.

I tried finding an address recently on Google Maps, and just couldn’t find it, only to discover that that street was added 4 years ago, so ofc Google (with data from 2011) didn’t have it. OSM had it.
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JohnFen 2709 days ago
Yes, OSM can give truly excellent results for certain areas. And truly awful results for others.
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xenadu02 2709 days ago
This applies to all of the mapping providers. It takes a truly massive ground game to get really good map data for the entire world. Many players are working on this and I'm sure many will continue to work on it. A map that was garbage for your area three months ago might be great today.
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Brakenshire 2709 days ago
The same for Apple Maps, except any improvements that go there fall into another closed silo.
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