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		cornfutes on Aug 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Map APIs from Google Google is still the king of points-of-interests and local businesses. Places that a tourist would actually care about. Mapbox would not even be within 1 or 2 order of magnitudes when it comes to this data.

tomaskafka on Aug 31, 2023 [–]

Yes, places where people spend money are the only map info Google cares about. Outside of cities and towns it's a joke.

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