Google Maps? Get away from it.
It is broken when you need registration and being tracked on WWW:

Use OpenStreetMap.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/

#Maps #UnGoogle #LeaveGoogle #OpenMaps #OpenStreetMap

DENOG17: An introduction to qGIS for current Google Earth Users

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/77mkVhLufaLvcTUEP4JFy5

Been trying to connect #OpenMaps from my phone to my #NextCloud for like twenty minutes (I have a site survey of a county coming up, prefer it on my server than Giggle Craps, NDAs and stuff). Finally log into my NextCloud to find that I'd somehow disabled the NC App. [ *Galactic Face Palm* ]

#Fixed #DumbassMe

Now to unfuck Office on one-and-a-half instances.

Los mapas creados por mujeres que desafían el poder de Google Maps

https://elpais.com/america-futura/2025-03-10/los-mapas-creados-por-mujeres-que-desafian-el-poder-de-google-maps.html

#geochicas #openmaps #Feminismo

So, the offline maps I downloaded to my watch last night, I gave a test of today, - there's a point where 6 roads all converge at a roundabout,
Google Maps; only shows 4 roads, I think 2 are an estate, but they're still navigable.
Anyway, the open map on the watch showed all six, which gives me confidence when I run along unfamiliar routes, that the mapping is correct, and bits haven't (for whatever reason) been omitted.

#OpenMaps #AmazfitGTR4

#HOTOSM is announcing an Open Maps for #Humanitarian Needs Campaign

"Anticipating a potential drop in information on humanitarian contexts in the coming months, and while humanitarians find a way forward, we are launching a 90 day campaign of Open Maps for Humanitarian Needs"

#usaidfreeze #mapping #osm #OpenMaps #OpenStreetMap #maps

https://www.hotosm.org/updates/announcing-our-open-maps-for-humanitarian-needs-campaign/

Downloaded #OSMand today, we'll see how that works locally.
Although government institutions here use Open Maps, so I think it'll be fine, already discovered much more detailed trail maps than Google (wish I'd known that before) and I can pre-map a route with it, like #MapmyRun and save the #GPX file to my phone, then export to my watch...so that's really handy, but best of all the Gulf of Mexico is, and always will be the Gulf of Mexico!

#googlemaps #OpenMaps #Running #Mapping

Fun #opensource tip of the day, if you are looking to switch to OpenstreetMap @openstreetmap app for maps/navigation and missing the live traffic updates all you need is to turn on the plugin for online maps and add the below with a name as an overlayer. Took me a bit to find the right one so here's the code that worked for me (as url)
http://mts0.googleapis.com/vt/lyrs=m,traffic&x={1}&y={2}&z={0}&style=15

Edit: works in #canada your mileage may vary
#fediverse #opendata #computing #openmaps #mapstodon #navigation