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by Doohickey-d 25 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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Indeed. OpenStreetMap is the better map, Google Maps is the better address book and business directory.