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Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app (www.engadget.com)
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[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 26 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

I love Comaps. I have it installed on my Android phone. I contribute to OpenStreet maps when I can.

But, I don't think Comaps is a realistic replacement for Apple or Google maps.

One: OpenStreet maps is missing a toooon of locations, businesses and residential addresses. Two: having the enter the address in a non-standard way (for the US) City, Street, Building Number, makes finding things even harder. That's gonna instantly turn away 99% of people.

I still begrudgingly have Google maps installed on my phone... :(

I also have HERE Maps installed on my phone. It's way more usable than Comaps and it's not Google. But, it's not FOSS and still owned by a big corporation. But at least it's not (entirely) owned by the US (Magic Earth is). For me, I think HERE maps is a decent step away from Google.

I'll still keep contributing to OpenStreet maps, hoping one day I can switch to Comaps.

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 hours ago

I think at this point in my life I've added enough to my home town that I'm comfortable using it as my main map program, I also admit to having here maps as a backup, but I haven't used it in a minute

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I love Comaps. I have it installed on my Android phone. I contribute to OpenStreet maps when I can.

are the two related?

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

Open street maps is the back end for comaps and most open source mapping programs

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Comaps, OSM And, and other apps use OpenStreet maps as their data source, sometimes as their only data source. So if the data isn't in OpenStreet maps, it's not gonna be in Comaps. Comaps is basically a frontend for OpenStreet map data.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

thank you. why would I go for comaps instead of open street maps then?

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 14 points 2 hours ago

OpenStreet maps is primarily a data source. I guess you could use the website: https://www.openstreetmap.org/

But they don't have mobile apps.

[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Holy wah... #2 is a deal breaker for sure. So sad.