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Well I feel like I am asking people that admit to speaking different
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languages to accept a different coordinate system with a built in
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directions and a built in metric scale. I am just asking it to be an
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option, like French or English is an option.
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I would think that would be obvious, or perhaps looking at mostly
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computerized maps has given people the view that search and rescue can't
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be done with a paper map?
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I know printing out an Open Street Map probably isn't done very often so I
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guess making it more useful to some people who like to know where North is
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and the scale of the map isn't that important.
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I only did computerized mapping for over 20 years for a local government.
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What would I know?
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But don't take my word for it.
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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwip7tieq7eNAxX9EzQIHYvmFTYQFnoECBgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fusngcenter.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FDRAFT__A_Quick_Guide_to_the_USNG_2013_0529.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2LVT-pbEcLT89hpBKCZMz0&opi=89978449
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On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM Minh Nguyễn ***@***.***> wrote:
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> *1ec5* left a comment (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#5984)
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> aren't you guys sort of competing with Google?
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> Only in the sense of providing geographic data about on-the-ground stuff
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> that others could use to create services that compete with Google. You’ve
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> basically asked the plumber to bake you a New York pizza. 😉
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> Taking a step back, perhaps you could post to our help forum
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> <https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/help-and-support/7> explaining
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> what it is you’d like to do with grid reference systems, practically
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