I would say that it’s not hard to replace. I mean, all you need is an app that dumps GPS data and a list of signal strengths to start building out a database.
What’s hard is doing one that is as complete and accurate as Google’s, because Google is hoovering up data from most cell phones about the location of a lot of devices.
mp3@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Not sure if that is the kind of stuff that could be merged with OpenStreetMap’s dataset.
bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Why not? Harder translations are made between file formats.
mp3@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I’m sure it can be done technically, not sure if that would fall within the OSM mission though.