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minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago I usually am looking for local shops and their opening times and open source apps just don’t have that data. I have been adding more business details to osm so this becomes less of a problem.
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI do that too here. But it’s still a far cry from Google’s massive trove of data. I’ve been thinking about crawling some chain stores for opening times and adding them automatically. But I don’t know what OSM’s policy is on that.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI’m pretty sure you’re allowed to go on the websites of businesses and add their information in that way.
I have been adding more business details to osm so this becomes less of a problem.
I do that too here. But it’s still a far cry from Google’s massive trove of data. I’ve been thinking about crawling some chain stores for opening times and adding them automatically. But I don’t know what OSM’s policy is on that.
You can read the wiki’s page on that
I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to go on the websites of businesses and add their information in that way.