Hard to overstate how enshittified and botshitted Google Maps has become. Went looking for my local locksmith on Gmaps. Maps shows 20+ fake locksmith referral scam outlets and doesn't even register the real locksmith, despite it being fully visible in Street View.
Instead, a red pin on the shop identifies it as a fake locksmith scammer. The real locksmith - which has been there SINCE 1942 (!!) and is a verified merchant - doesn't even show up.
@spacebot3000 Define "good".
Depending on your needs and location, #OpenStreetMaps may be good enough. I like https://osmand.net/ a lot as a frontend, especially for offline use.
@wonka @spacebot3000 @pluralistic
I've used Maps.me for many years, which also relies on OSM.
Being old, I just wanted a map that functioned akin to paper, and offline to boot. It seemed popular among folks working in remote Canadian camps with no internet.
It became an annual subscription a couple years' back, which is reasonable (but out of my budget on a disability pension).
Basic features work fine regardless. 🙂
Oh wow, thank you very much! ❤️ This looks like it does everything I need. Downloaded and favourite maps added. 🙂
@spacebot3000 You should contribute the addresses back to osm, and they will show up in any osm based app. If there is already a list of addresses, maybe they are not available with a compatible licence.
You should contact your local community maybe they don't know about his source, and if it's compatible they can help import it, find your local osm community here: https://openstreetmap.community
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@spacebot3000 If the source is not compatible, you can add them manually by surveying the buildings. There are very nice apps for that, e.g.:
- https://streetcomplete.app
- https://every-door.app
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Cory Doctorow
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Wilfried Klaebe
Likely Jan Lukas
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