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  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world
    15·
    3 months ago

    Apple Maps gets their data from openstreetmap, where anyone can insert a “place” if there’s not.one there already.

    I think some Japanese person just put up an entry and Apple Maps scooped it up as-is.

    The hotel I work for (also in Crete) was listed in the wrong address in Apple Maps and I had to make an openstreetmap account to edit it. It’s showing correctly now.

    Edit: I went to the place on Apple Maps and it’s plain old English in mine, either they corrected it or it’s a regional thing. It’s not like this on openstreetmap either

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      2·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, somebody didn’t like a neighbour near us. Their garage had like 10 entries: Sausage Butcher Laundromat Loans Etc

    • tyler
      11·
      3 months ago

      Doesn’t open street map call it the Gulf of Mexico?

        • tyler
          3·
          3 months ago

          So Apple is specifically choosing the government tag then.

          • Tanoh@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 months ago

            Yes. Without knowing their infrastructure, they obviously cache and probably process the raw OSM data locally. If they chose to use their own overrides or the official-tag is impossible to tell.

            • tyler
              2·
              3 months ago

              Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve only ever done a few edits to OSM. Didn’t know the finer details.

              • Tanoh@lemmy.world
                1·
                3 months ago

                An easy way to contribute is via a phone app called StreetComplete. It asks you questions about stuff near you when you are out. For example, names of places, if the crossing is handicap friendly, road surfaces, etc etc

                Edit: I wrote another post about it a while back, https://lemmy.world/comment/18685150