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Can’t we script a complete copy of Google maps data (shops, highways etc) to this? Is the API restricted? Can we run distributed jobs for it? I can spin up some compute if someone is interested in trying this

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First, google’s lawyers will not like that.

Second, in many places google maps data is not as good as Openstreetmap.

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@MigratingtoLemmy @101 @openstreetmap

No, this is against Google TOS and OpenStreetMap policy on data sources and the Data Working Group will step in and block any accounts doing this to protect the project as a whole.

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That’s explicitly forbidden in Google Maps TOS

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Organic maps SPECIFICALLY doesn’t want that. It would be grounds for them being sued and having to comb through their database and remove any “questionable” material.

It would be the end of the project, they don’t have money for that.

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@Melatonin @MigratingtoLemmy

Not Organic Maps, that’s just the client. The data is OpenStreetMap, more info about imports here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import

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2 points

Oops, right. New to this, just started using.

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Yeah they restricted the API a while back.

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