MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoMeta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map datasetwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkMeta, Microsoft, Amazon and TomTom have launched their open map datasetwww.theverge.comMazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareThorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHow would data collection work in this case though?
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months 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.
minus-squareborlax@lemmy.borlax.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoEither by launching their own apps or by having access to Overture’s usage stats and meta data.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWith their own map apps for phones and such, possibly
How would data collection work in this case though?
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.
Either by launching their own apps or by having access to Overture’s usage stats and meta data.
With their own map apps for phones and such, possibly