WanderingHuman 🇨🇦
If anyone knows, I'm betting Mastodon does:
Is there such a thing as a crowd-sourced or open-source or even tourism organization-sourced tourism map? I'm thinking something like Google or Apple maps with a tourism layer, or a wiki type of site with tourism maps of places all over the world. It can be hard to find tourism maps, but I'm finding google and apple seriously lacking for tourism-focused sites and services!
Pls boost for reach.
Jul 3 at 12:06pmWeb
Show threadWanderingHuman 🇨🇦2d ago
Google has been particularly awful - when zoomed in to the local area, then type in a search for something, it zooms right out again so that you have to re-find your location and zoom in again, then "search area". How abso-fucking-lutely useless!
Show threadRossS2d ago
@ECityMom Did you try asking one of the AI engines? They may be semi useful for this...
Show threadWanderingHuman 🇨🇦2d ago
@satchmo35 Ick. No.
Show threadtuban_muzuru2d ago

@ECityMom

In Google: zoom out from your destination, put "tourism" in the Nearby Search - it's often quite interesting

I routinely add interesting items, but then I'm a fairly high-ranked Google Guide

What Google sees in Edmonton Tourism.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eYySvvQhJushVSZEA

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Show threadDiane2d ago

@ECityMom

I don't know if there's a desktop or web way of generating this view.

But OSMAnd has a WikiVoyage layer

https://www.osmand.net/docs/user/plan-route/travel-guides/

There's some travel stuff browsable directly on
https://www.wikivoyage.org/

Travel Guides | OsmAnd

Overview

Show threadMoritz Negwer2d ago

@ECityMom I think Wikivoyage might fit the bill: https://en.m.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Main_Page

I've used it for city trips around Europe and it's always been at least moderately helpful, even in mid-sized towns.

Wikivoyage – The free worldwide travel guide that you can edit

Show threadWanderingHuman 🇨🇦2d ago
@moritz_negwer This looks fantastic! Can you walk me through how to export a map from wikivoyage to google maps or Organic Maps (based on Open Streets) - I'm very new to open street-based applications, and only just downloaded Organic Maps a couple of days ago. The wikivoyage articles and maps look perfect, but would love to amalgamate into one with the saved places we already have.
Show threadMoritz Negwer15h ago

@ECityMom Good question, I've never tried this - just had the website open in the morning while sitting in a cafe or park to plan the day. Later I would navigate by offline signage, randomly walking in the direction of "that's interesting", or google maps.

That said, there seems to be an export feature to a .gpx file that can be loaded into other mapping apps: https://en.m.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_use_the_GPX_export_feature

And OrganicMaps seems to have an import function for .gpx files: https://organicmaps.app/faq/bookmarks/how-to-import/

Wikivoyage:How to use the GPX export feature – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

Show threadCEDunn15h ago
@ECityMom
I think
https://nerdydaytrips.org/
Is a pretty close match to what you asked for
Nerdy Day Trips²

A global map of places to visit that might appeal to nerdy types

Show threadwolfwalks8h ago

The closest thing I have seen to this is still pretty far: https://use-it.travel/cities

I am interested to see what else you find with this question though, its a good one.

Cities | USE-IT Europe

Discover free, locally-made city maps and guides by USE-IT. Explore European cities like a local with insider tips, no-nonsense travel advice, and up-to-date maps for young travelers