• godsammitdam@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    So everyone’s switching to foss alternatives, right?

    OSM?

    Spread the word, share with your friends, etc.

    • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I recommend CoMaps on Android, (or Organic Maps, which CoMaps forked from when Organic started enshitifying)

      • kestrel7_7@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 days ago

        CoMaps is pretty cool, but it needs better public transit support. It’s good for driving, but doesn’t have bus schedules where I live like Google and Apple maps do.

      • godsammitdam@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Curious for myself and the people on the thread, looks like it’s based on OSM still. What does CoMaps offer over OSMAnd?

        • teolan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 days ago

          OSM is not really a map app, it’s a collaborative geo database. You can build apps of top of it, there are many many such apps. The https://openstreetmap.org/ website isn’t really a map app and is mainly tailored for the needs of OSM contributors and editors.

          CoMaps is a map app that uses OSM data, and packages it in a nice, offline-first, private, and Open Source app that is quite good and easy to use.

          https://cartes.app/ is another app that uses OSM data, but works closer to your regular maps, being online-first, which has its pros and cons. Still quite private and Open Source though.

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Like I said when Zuck et al were on the inauguration stage kissing the orange ass: what’s the point of fuck you money if you never say fuck you?

    • Janx@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 days ago

      They do. They say ‘fuck you’ every day to the workers they exploit, the hungry and poor they prey upon, and to all of us when they help themselves to our personal data to sell. That’s the point, they’re bad people to the core. Billionaires have enough money to do literally anything and everything for the rest of their entire lives, and instead focus on controlling the rest of us and getting more of our money. They are parasitic scum…

  • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    For android users recommend CoMaps, or “OSMand”, both are open source and privacy focused. Both use openstreetmaps data, CoMaps just have what I think is a cleaner interface. Both have offline maps, turn-by-turn navigation and frankly a lot more customization since it’s not corporate owned. No ads, and no businesses who pay being stuffed in your eyes first when maps load.

    Both are much improved since trying to ditch maps a few years ago and basic local business info wasn’t available, now it looks to be much improved and it’s a great time to jump.

    Hope this helps someone.

    • yardratianSoma@lemmy.caEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I mean, I’m finalizing that data I need to preserve before I delete my google accounts completely, but it is imminent

  • DoctorNope@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Watching these corporate collaborators fall all over themselves to enact the profoundly stupid and short-sighted whims of a sodden, rotting corpse when they could just…not do that…has been one of the most surreal experiences of my life.

    The sad thing is, thanks to their capture of both parties, I have no conceit they’ll actually experience any consequences for it. We have handed power to some of the least-deserving ghouls the Wharton School of Business ever squeezed out.

    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I’m not even sure it’s collaboration for the dumb shit like this. It’s just not worth spending millions of dollars litigating over something that doesn’t actually fucking matter. Not litigating the name change itself, but whatever bullshit Trump decides to do for his temper tantrum for being ignored.

      It will just be changed back eventually.

    • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Hi, I work in the map industry. We generally don’t get to decide what names to use for features. We apply what the local official name is (to simplify). That’s why if you’re in country A, feature X might be named something different than if you’re in country B. You can imagine this would (and has) caused many conflicts around the world if we didn’t display the local official name. (Switch your region via VPN and you can see this in action)

      If Google renamed it to Gulf of America, no Google didn’t, not really … They just inserted the new official name for that feature according to GNIS.

      • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Mapquest isn’t changing it because an executive order doesn’t change the name outside of the US executive branch. They can easily ignore petty GNIS changes.

        Google is just gargling Trump’s nuts because they want to.