minus-squarekirk@midwest.socialtoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map datalinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoSo it’s like OpenStreetMap for companies? They state they’re going to basically scrape OSM. Is this not just competitors trying to dunk on Google while doing EEE against efforts like OpenStreetMap? I mean, Microsoft does it best https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish linkfedilink
So it’s like OpenStreetMap for companies? They state they’re going to basically scrape OSM. Is this not just competitors trying to dunk on Google while doing EEE against efforts like OpenStreetMap?
I mean, Microsoft does it best https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish