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by kqr 23 days ago
I often reference this comparison in this context: https://i.xkqr.org/gmapsvsosm.png
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Doohickey-d 23 days ago
It's often more nuanced than that IMO.

OSM in my experience is better at features (roads, hiking trails, and stuff like that), i.e. what's shown in that comparison screenshot.

Google Maps is better at place-metadata, such as opening hours; as well as user-contributed content like reviews and photos.

So I end up using both, depending on usecase.

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kqr 23 days ago
Indeed. OpenStreetMap is the better map, Google Maps is the better address book and business directory.
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Tmpod 23 days ago
That's OSM Carto[1] on the bottom, the default renderer/style on osm.org, but there are many alternative ones too. For example, Maptiler[2] has a bunch of cleaner styles, closer to Google's, yet with greater detail. Here is a basic one used my OSMApp[3] for that place as well: https://i.ibb.co/7dD05Ldp/Captura-de-ecr-20260706-092411.png

[1]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_Carto [2]: https://www.maptiler.com [3]: https:/osmapp.org

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nobody42 22 days ago
"There's no life where data broker isn't needed"
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