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
I'm trying, really hard, to truly make the switch to OSM. It's tough because I'm finding an uncomfortable amount of wrong and missing information, but I finally decided to start trying to fix the things I know the corrections for. And of course, the more people doing this, the better the system will be.
Even assuming I can fix the OSM data I need, though, I'm still struggling to find an app that uses *live* OSM data, especially one that supports navigation on Android Auto. So far, it seems like all nav apps on android have the maps built into the app offline, so the app itself has to update to update the maps.
New to #OpenStreetMap? Here are some ways to contribute: * StreetComplete (Android) gamifies adding data to the map. * OsmAnd (Android, iOS) is a navigation app that allows adding Points of Interests to the map. * The iD editor (web) is launched by the edit button on osm.org. It's a good way to help in HOT tasks like for the Morocco earthquake. * The JOSM editor (Windows, Mac, Linux) it’s the heavyweight. * If you like JOSM, you’ll probably like Vespucci (Android). Welcome to the map! #osm
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