• Amju Wolf@pawb.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      OpenStreetMap is pretty shitty because of their need to make money; specifically it has basically no good apps, no free, limit-less tile servers, and it has actively hindered development on these fronts precisely because they want to make money.

      • the_third@feddit.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        OpenStreetMap ist a database for open GIS data, not a map service. The map service is just an accidental by-product.

        • Amju Wolf@pawb.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Right, but trying to overly monetize the map service(s) actively hurts the GIS database as well - it means there’s less adoption, less eyes on it, less contributors, and worse dataset.

          And that’s not to say that nobody should make money by providing map services - it can be healthy, too - but being docks about it doesn’t help anyone.