[OSM-talk] Digital environmentalism

[Mateusz Konieczny]

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 gerry at customercarewords.com:

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