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.
Business names are indeed searchable but I can’t search addresses, e.g. “1234 10th Ave City”. It’s not like the address isn’t registered, it’s just refuses to fibd it. It usually offers the whole street as the top result.
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.
I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to go on the websites of businesses and add their information in that way.
Never send a human to do a machine’s job.
Business names are indeed searchable but I can’t search addresses, e.g. “1234 10th Ave City”. It’s not like the address isn’t registered, it’s just refuses to fibd it. It usually offers the whole street as the top result.