On 7/26/2019 4:34 AM, Christoph Hormann wrote:
The corporate appropriation of OpenStreetMap
I'm not a corporate wonk, but I'll note that in my region, "Amazon Logistics" is effectively solving the Last Mile Mapping problem: how to include driveways into routing. Based on ground truth, they're including travel barriers, as well as other routes hidden under tree cover. There's no official data on driveways and it is impractical if not dangerous to randomly walk or drive up private driveways to map them.
Eventually, I'll be able to propose the use of an OSM app to local Emergency Services who just recently noted that their response time suffers as they attempt to find the proper driveway to enter, as well as navigate the correct split driveway.
[ I'm well aware that the Amazon mappers are not perfect and have made newbie errors in other regions ]
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