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mightysashiman 18 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap

Elephant in the room question: how isn't OSM not pretty much in sync with major proprietary maps services using a crawlers that replicates what they find?

slazaro 18 days ago [–]

I'd assume legality. You can't just copy stuff you find in other services, especially in OSM where the data submitted has to conform to their license.

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