Software Engineering Daily

Software Engineering Daily


Facebook OpenStreetMap Engineering with Saurav Mohapatra and Jacob Wasserman

April 17, 2020

Facebook applications use maps for showing users where to go. These maps can display businesses, roads, and event locations. Understanding the geographical world is also important for performing search queries that take into account a user’s location. For all of these different purposes, Facebook needs up-to-date, reliable mapping data. OpenStreetMap is an open system for