[OSM-talk] Digital environmentalism

[Kathleen Lu]

I would not say this is true. Google maps has routing for walking, cycling,
and public transit, and their public transit information is probably more
complete than OSM's.

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:25 AM Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> OSM includes walking and cycling infrastructure thus promoting and
> enabling  sustainable travel options.
>
> Gmaps is primarily a road map.
>
> Phil (trigpoint)
>
> On Tuesday, 25 February 2020, Mateusz Konieczny via talk wrote:
> > 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:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > > I will be giving a series of talks this year at An Event Apart (>
> https://aneventapart.com/> ). The talk title is “World Wide Waste,” and
> will examine the impact digital is having on the environment and proposes
> ways digital can be more environmentally friendly. I’d like to propose
> OpenStreetMap as a more environmentally friendly option than Google Maps.
> Can anyone help me with good arguments?
> > >
> > >
> > > Best
> > >
> > >
> > > Gerry
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > ***********************************************************************
> > >
> > >
> > > Gerry McGovern +353 87 238 6136 > gerry at customercarewords.com>
>  @gerrymcgovern  www.customercarewords.com
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