rb411Feb 14

Missing addresses and places

https://lemmy.world/post/43129726

Missing addresses and places - Lemmy.World

For context I switched to Magic Earth a while back as it was the best Google Maps alternative to me, however with the recent switch to a Freemium model that also introduced a ton of bugs, I’m looking for other alternatives. One thing I noticed immediately about comaps is its misssing a LOT of addresses and places here in the US that were available on Magic Earth. Can I somehow manually import better address/maps data? It’s to the point it’s really not usable for me but I’m struggling to find anything else that works nearly as good as Magic Earth.

Show threadZwiebel
Can you check wether these adresses exist on openstreetmap.org? (CoMaps uses data from OSM)
Feb 14 at 3:16pmWeb
Show threadrb411Feb 14

No, looks like they’re not, except one I added in CoMaps, so that explains it.

How does Magic Earth have all those addresses then? There was even a restaurant I was looking for the other day that I found on Magic Earth but not CoMaps. Is Magic Earth’s map data open-source or can that somehow be loaded into CoMaps?

Show threadUlrichFeb 14
Pretty sure Magic Earth uses several databases.
Show threadrb411Feb 14
Do they publish a list anywhere? I’d love to see what they’re using and see if I can get it into CoMaps somehow
Show threadUlrichFeb 16
www.magicearth.com/third-party-licenses
Magic Earth

Where smart navigation meets open roads. Privacy first, by design.

Show threadrb411Feb 17

Yes this is what I was looking for, thanks!

Now is there any way to add this data to comaps? Specifically address data?

Show threadUlrichFeb 17
I don’t know, I’m not a developer. Looking at some of those databases, some of them are obviously open and others are paid licenses that the community probably can’t afford.
Show threadZwiebelFeb 15
No idea honestly :/ But if you have some free time I recommend trying out StreetComplete, it’s a slightly addictive app for adding adresses and such from your area to OSM :)
Show threadeutampieriFeb 16
Is there any similar app for iOS?