I do it whilst riding my bike now. #PlanetSaved
On Tue., Feb. 25, 2020, 3:49 p.m. Brad Neuhauser, <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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