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Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.

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I'm always surprised how poor legibility the most used digital map has (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One shows only a few shops, often the ones that pay the most, the other shows the true number of different places in the area.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Another intepretation: one uses data to distinguish between popular and crappy stores.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't think you were making this argument, but I want to highlight that data is not morally neutral. Google Maps drives even less customers to stores that are smaller, and already have difficulty getting customers.