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by pbmonster 21 days ago
> It sucks that Google is probably using OSM data to check what they are missing and adding it to their maps

No way they are doing this deliberately globally. My city has a lot of pedestrian stairs interconnecting roads, and not a single one is on GMaps. If you navigate on foot, it will send you on walks 2x-3x longer than necessary.

OSMand and CoMaps reliably find the shortest way. And can tell you the pavement type, number of steps, stroller ramp and hand rail situation of every single one of those stairs.

Google has a really hard time adding roads without frequent car traffic, I think.