MazonnaCara89 to Technology · 1 year agoMeta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map datasetwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down14cross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idmeta@lemdro.idapple@lemmy.linkmicrosoft@lemmy.linknews_tech@lemmy.link
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkMeta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map datasetwww.theverge.comMazonnaCara89 to Technology · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idmeta@lemdro.idapple@lemmy.linkmicrosoft@lemmy.linknews_tech@lemmy.link
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt wouldn’t. It’s an open set of data that anybody can use. These companies can, and likely will, create their own map tools that will track users, but they just as easily could have done so using OSM.
It wouldn’t. It’s an open set of data that anybody can use. These companies can, and likely will, create their own map tools that will track users, but they just as easily could have done so using OSM.