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  • I did the same of you. I reached a high level as a google guide, was invited to google map meetings and everything.

    And then I suddenly realized all my efforts were just helping this company get bigger and achieve more monopoly. The terms of use of google maps state that everything you add becomes property of google.

    And then I Found OpenStreetMap.org a lovely community in which you really are building a community effort in which there is no company monopolizing and all data is open. Sadly, you can’t import all the work you’ve done on google maps, because now it is copyright protected by Google. So we have to start again, but it is worth it.

    OSM is the future if we are to hope for a fair future in online maps.