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Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store
Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store
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Any info what the exact problem they had was? Can you search for brothels in that app or what? (I remember you can in OsmAnd)
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There's nothing you can find in open street maps that is not also going to have an equivalent in Google maps. There's no messaging capability in the app. There aren't even photos, except if you link it with Wikipedia. I can't think of a single reason why this would get flagged, even accidentally.
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Well some Wikipedia articles could be construed as not appropriate for kids if you’re dead set on removing the app.
I’m thinking of things like Auschwitz or Hiroshima or the Twin Towers where content could be objectionable for children, but also that’s a terrible argument because it’s Wikipedia and it’s a fantastic educational resource.
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Wikipedia has images of nude humans in articles about sexuality and genitals, so that would be a possible reason there; not applicable to OSM.
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Good point, that too, though that would presumably be harder to find exclusively through the app since I assume the linked articles are primarily about locations / landmarks
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There definitely is data in OSM that isn't in Google Maps, that is what makes OSM so great! :D
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Absolutely true. I just updated a neighborhood area yesterday that is completely wrong in Google. I didn't mean to imply that it's identical, just comparable in terms of content.
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But Wikipedia app is on the Google store... I won't pretend to understand the logic of the indefensible.
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