• godsammitdam@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    So everyone’s switching to foss alternatives, right?

    OSM?

    Spread the word, share with your friends, etc.

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      5 days ago

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

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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.

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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?

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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.