Openstreetmaps
Android app OSMAnd+
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No android auto support though…
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You can run android auto through graphene.
@duckshuffgoose
Android Auto work with the FDroid Version
MapQuest is a perfectly reasonable commercial alternative that has all of the things you’d expect - dynamically-loaded map tiles, turn-by-turn nav, etc. If you want to look at options that use OpenStreetMap data, I’ve found CoMaps to be very good. The biggest drawback is that you have to download maps (~100-300MB per geo area) all at once, which can be a problem if you’re on the road and don’t have great signal strength.
Not if you live more wild away from civilization.
Cartes is probably the closest thing that I’ve found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps).
- You can share links with anyone, and they don’t need a particular app to open it.
- The interface will be familiar to Google maps users.
- It supports leaving reviews for locations.
- It will pull up Wikipedia information and photos if any have been uploaded to Wikimedia or Panoramax.
- It’s really good for public transit routing.
- It’s okay for planning driving routes, but for turn by turn directions you’ll want to use CoMaps (which Cartes has a link to open up the route there).
Looks great but the lack of mobile app is a deal breaker :/
Why the fuck did we ever start using links for places?? We already had a decent universal system: COORDINATES!
Is this web based only or is there a android app, can’t seem to find it on any app store.
Thanks it sounds really good
Omg why haven’t I heard of that one before ???
Interesting. I really need one that does public transit.
Funny how this one has random snippets of French in the UI.
It’s a French project, I guess it’s translated in French before English. Non-English speakers are used to seeing snippets of English in translated UIs but I understand the other way around is unusual
Clearly the French have their priorities straight.
Croissants clearly need to be before any meager restaurant or coffee shop.
I read enough French that I didn’t notice at first, but then I was like “wait that said ride for 2 arrêtes…”, and chuckled.
They are still looking for translators if you have some time available. They are on codeberg
Apple has been fine but it is apple
OrganicMaps: https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps
I heard of Isis with OrganicMaps not being fully open AI I switched to CoMaps instead. Still use OSM and seems to function pretty well
I don’t understand your comment
Sorry, typed too fast and didn’t proof read…
More context https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/
Np, my mobile keyboard sucked too, but it’s slowly getting better, using futo keyboard swipe
I go between FUTO and Helioboard 😅
Which map is good depends largely on your needs, I think. Do you need it for car navigation, walking, biking, or public transport? OSM maps are better for pedestrians and cyclists in many regions, while Google Maps is more designed for car drivers.
I’ve been using CoMaps for a while as my only map app and I’m very happy with it.
My main issue with it is that often it cannot find the street/city I’m searching. That’s why I don’t use it all the time.
Have you downloaded the map for that area?
This is a real problem. Search on any OSM app is not the same as GMaps or the other mainstream map services. Contributing to OSM through EveryDoor or StreetComplete in your area will definitely help improve this but as a stop gap I use an app called GMaps WV. It loads Google Maps in an isolated web browser, which allows you to use their search and once you find what your looking for it has a share option that copies the coordinates to the clipboard which you paste into CoMaps and let it take over.
Contributing to OSM is the best way to give yourself and others freedom from Google. It’s very easy to do through StreetComplete, which is a gamified system that updates the map as people complete quests.
My issue with OSM is that i need an account which may potentially contribute to leak my identity
The city exist on the map, it’s the search that doesn’t find. Not sure what I could do in that case.
Magic Earth is good but it’s proprietary and some features require a subscription. I also vote for CoMaps.
I use CoMaps for walking and for searching around, but Magic Earth’s been better for driving. It’s genuinely pretty good, but it sucks that it’s closed source and proprietary, I’ll gladly replace it with CoMaps or another FOSS alternative if one catches up.
I wonder how magic earth is doing the traffic information. Are they extracting it from Google maps?
Osmand+
Is there a difference between OsmAnd+ and OsmAnd~ ?
You get more map updates as it offline unless you are an OSM contributor. There’s also some online services they offer for favourites and stuff
Co-maps generally works good for me, bht the bjg disadvantage is it has no traffic data (I think this might be inherently incompatable with standard foss, would love to be wrong though). So my go to when driving is HERE wego, which works well and is up to date (and not evil as far as I know)
came here to say comaps. they are also wprking on live traffic
Ow that is super exciting, I figured it would be a festure not in line with theil way their map functions (as you need to download everything). Glad to be wrong.
@InterestingUsername +1 for #CoMaps and #OSM . Also started using #NuNav as a replacement for Magic Earth for Car Navigation. It also uses Maps from #OpenStreetMap .
@stritt @InterestingUsername #comaps works fine for navigation. But #nunav looks nice. It seems commercial, though?
@mfuhrmann @InterestingUsername Sorry, im on #GrapheneOS and I don’t use any Google Services. So i could’nt test that.
It is a pity, that there is no open interface between cars and #AOSP based Smartphones…
This is fucking gold. Thank you so much.
Holy shit im impressed by this project! Vela is degoogled gmaps, like newpipe is an alternative for youtube. Mighty impressive what they have done so far, seems like a new project, keeping my eyes on this one!
Edit: lts ofc entirely AI generated…
Yeah, but so far I haven’t had to provide any information to it whatsoever other than location access. For finding businesses and stuff like that, great stuff.
If you use live traffic re-checks, it pings google every few minutes, providing your updated position. And when it’s off, I think it still sends Google your initial position and route? But I’m not sure that can be turned off completely.
Yeah, it pings Google for almost all of it. But for a quick “where is X store” and traffic if, for example, going to the airport and my wife made us late (it never happens, it’s just an example 😏), I’m not too concerned. I have been using OSMAnd+ exclusively for a few years now, but this is something very useful for my needs.
I’m guessing that, since I’m on GrapheneOS, there’s not much, if anything at all, that they can tie to my person.
What’s the difference between Openstreetmap and Graphene’s geocoder? I have the later, i think it’s the default.
And yeah, ditto for me, I’ve been using comaps until now, but being able to search shops without resorting to the full invasion of gmaps is neat indeed.
The GraoheneOS one is a reimplementation of the stock Google play service, while OSM is entirely community driven. I chose OSM in my phone for that, but in all honesty, you should be fine using GrapheneOS’s all the same.
Home assistant has a perfectly serviceable map in it I forget where it gets the data from
It’s OSM, if you’re talking about the built in map card.
Maps.me isgood for finding businesses and public transport directions. TomTom is good for driving directions with live trafic.
OSMAnd is amazing, customisable, can do everything (I use it for hiking, saving locations, and topography) but for things you’d use google for (finding businesses, driving, street view) google does those things much better.
And PSA for those who don’t know, Waze is owned by google and maintained in Israel.
Gross thank you for that PSA, will swap.
