• godsammitdam@lemmy.zip
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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.