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Metehan ÖzyürekPrefer @CoMaps instead of Organic Maps.
Furbland's Very Cool Mastodon™@MetehanOzyurek @Tutanota @CoMaps personally I enjoy Here’s WeGo app quite a lot. They’re even European! http://wego.here.com
@GroupNebula563 @Tutanota
…and closed source. On the other side, CoMaps is fully open source and community driven.
…and closed source. On the other side, CoMaps is fully open source and community driven.
@MetehanOzyurek @Tutanota it is closed source but it’s also community driven, they have a map editor program even! believe me, I love a good piece of OSS, but good, quality, privacy respecting software and OSS don’t always align. if the two were a Venn diagram, they would be two partially intersecting circles, not one circle. I love Tuta’s services, but (correct me if I’m wrong) their backend isn’t open source. /nm
@GroupNebula563 @Tutanota
Allowing the community to edit the map doesn't make it "community-driven"; it's more about governance.
I know Here and its map editor. However, they've disabled the map editor in Turkey, and some ISPs block WeGo (I don't know why). Unfortunately, the quality of the map data for both OpenStreetMap and Here is low in Turkey. So, we're stuck using Google or Yandex.
But for OSM, it's getting better in some cities. And I also contribute in my free time))
@MetehanOzyurek @Tutanota did they disable the map editor or was it a request from the Turkish government /genq
@GroupNebula563 @Tutanota
There's no news about a government request, and Here didn't provide a reason. I just saw a banner that said, "Map Editor is suspended for Turkey and Northern Cyprus," when I zoomed in on Turkey. However, Here disabled map editor after the pro-government car brand TOGG started using Here in their car media system.
There's no news about a government request, and Here didn't provide a reason. I just saw a banner that said, "Map Editor is suspended for Turkey and Northern Cyprus," when I zoomed in on Turkey. However, Here disabled map editor after the pro-government car brand TOGG started using Here in their car media system.
mxk@MetehanOzyurek @Tutanota I would argue, it's too early to say which of the two will survive and at the moment there is no relevant difference between both for users
CoMaps has been forked because of some issues with Organic Maps. So, it's better from the beginning. They solved that problems in their own fork. In fact, Organic Maps became more active after CoMaps :D
Moreover, CoMaps added some great features and changed to the better colors (for both UI and maps) while also forking new features from Organic Maps.
They're always open to community ideas, unlike Organic Maps.
For more, you can check this:
https://news.itsfoss.com/organic-maps-fork-comaps/
@MetehanOzyurek @Tutanota I follow both projects and I know what the fork was about.
That still doesn't mean that coMaps will have long-term success and the difference in the released versions are subjective at best.
And itsfoss really isn't a page I would use as a source for anything 😂
That still doesn't mean that coMaps will have long-term success and the difference in the released versions are subjective at best.
And itsfoss really isn't a page I would use as a source for anything 😂
Because CoMaps is community-owned, it's more likely to be in active development.
However, three core developers have had issues with ownership on OM. I was an active contributor and Turkish chat admin, yet they sometimes didn't even reply to me about app issues.
I mention that page because a CoMaps member reached itsfoss and helped them to prepare it. I can also send you the OSM Turkish blog post, but I doubt you'll understand it without a translation.