Post #2453291
2025-03-04 18:15 UTC
My first interactions with OSM were in a country that, at the time, banned individuals from participating in mapping activities. The project back then was less popular (under 100,000 users), so we had to be really careful in participating in it. I only bring it up because to underline how powerful geospatial data is and how it is often taken for granted these days.
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@tarakiyee@mastodon.online 2025-03-04 18:15
Fast forward a decade later, and OSM has grown to have 10 MILLION registered users, rendering such bans simply impractical. But not only that, OSM has proven to be simply an invaluable resource across several industries, academia, public administration, and humanitarian efforts, showing that our common digital infrastructure is better shared than hoarded!