dwazou@jlai.lu to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agoGermany's Sovereign Tech Agency will give €384,000 to the OpenStreetMap Projectwww.sovereign.techexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down10
arrow-up1309arrow-down1external-linkGermany's Sovereign Tech Agency will give €384,000 to the OpenStreetMap Projectwww.sovereign.techdwazou@jlai.lu to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareTCB13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoThis is great news! Let me rewrite a part: Why is this important? Because intelligence agencies (in Europe) allegedly don’t want to depend on Google (most likely NSA controlled) and might be using the data from OSM and they want to make sure it is good. :)
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoGeez I’d be pretty shocked if the IC in Europe depended on a third party for their maps
minus-squareTCB13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoI wouldn’t. Those kinds of maps are very powerful, they provide accurate and constantly updated information from millions of users.
This is great news!
Let me rewrite a part:
:)
Geez I’d be pretty shocked if the IC in Europe depended on a third party for their maps
I wouldn’t. Those kinds of maps are very powerful, they provide accurate and constantly updated information from millions of users.