Maybe stretching, but what about Google driving cars around constantly to capture Street View images and road/POI data? Ideally, a lot of OSM data is gathered by people who are already in the area.
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 1:25 PM Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote: > OSM includes walking and cycling infrastructure thus promoting and > enabling sustainable travel options. > > Gmaps is primarily a road map. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > On Tuesday, 25 February 2020, Mateusz Konieczny via talk wrote: > > There are many reasons to use OSM over Google Maps but > > "environmentally friendly" seems to not be one of them. > > > > One may try some very indirect things, like that Google Maps > > is primarily a place to display ads, therefore pushing consumerism, > > therefore environmentally unfriendly but... > > > > Maybe "OSM data is reusable, Google maps data is proprietary and > > other need to recreate it wasting resources" can be argued to > > be environment-related. > > > > Maybe "OSM data can be used for various purposes, including > > environment protection" can be argued. > > > > > > Feb 25, 2020, 09:28 by ge...@customercarewords.com: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > I will be giving a series of talks this year at An Event Apart (> > https://aneventapart.com/> ). The talk title is “World Wide Waste,” and > will examine the impact digital is having on the environment and proposes > ways digital can be more environmentally friendly. I’d like to propose > OpenStreetMap as a more environmentally friendly option than Google Maps. > Can anyone help me with good arguments? > > > > > > > > > Best > > > > > > > > > Gerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > Gerry McGovern +353 87 238 6136 > ge...@customercarewords.com> > @gerrymcgovern www.customercarewords.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sent from my Sailfish device > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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