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Looking for alternatives to Google Maps

https://lemmy.org/post/4456166

Looking for alternatives to Google Maps - Lemmy.org

Howdy all. I want to deGoogle, but the one thing that keeps me here is Google Maps. Any good alternatives? I don’t want to use Apple or Microsoft products, either, that’s going from one head of Cerberus to another.

Mar 11 at 1:23amWeb
Show threadNeverbeatenMar 11
I use CoMaps. It uses open street maps. Can run completely offline. Zero tracking.
Show threadmrnobodyMar 11
2and CoMaps. Someone said there was an internal issue with Open Street Maps iirc.
Show threadLytia Mar 11
It’s sometimes difficult to search for a specific location, but IMO it’s not that bad.
Show threadmorphite88Mar 11
You could get a GPS device like a Garmin or TomTom
Show threadwildbus8979Mar 11
OpenStreetMap. OsmAnd~ is fantastic!
Show threadUlrichMar 11
Could you be more specific about what features you’re looking to get elsewhere?
Show threadttyybbMar 11
I use organic maps
Show threaddurably465Mar 11

Here wego.

It’s not perfect, but he do the job

Show threadachille225Mar 11
It isn’t open though no?
Show threadttyybbMar 11
Still fits the bill, OP just wants alternatives to google
Show threadbootstrapMar 11

Comaps + GMaps WV to get coords to specific spots if they arent on comaps.

Yes gmaps wv is technically google but its only a webview app that doesnt get any of my precious data and spits out universal coordinates very easily to search up in other map apps.

Show threadsmegMar 11

Since we’re talking about alternatives to Google Maps and their shortcomings, I think it’s good to mention how you can help improve Open Street Map. You need the app StreetComplete - it’s like a scavenger hunt while you’re walking around, but you help fill in data on OSM in quick single-question format.

I find it helps pedestrians, cyclists, and the disabled the most, since Google also does a very poor job of presenting information relevant to those audiences. By making OSM better, we can create more users, which creates more contributors.

Show threadStormyMar 11
Just helping them for free so they can use their earnings to hurt us?
Show threadroofuskitMar 11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap - Wikipedia

Show threadsmegMar 14
OSM is a free, nonprofit map database
Show threadVoxelMar 11

Consider “HERE WeGo”

wego.here.com

It does not fit the FOSS philosophy, but is by an European company based in the Netherlands and works for me just as good as Google Maps did.

HERE WeGo

HERE WeGo

Show threadrandoMar 11

Most of the time I use osmand and now comaps.

However I still have waze and magic earth installed for when I must reach somewhere on time.

There is Valhalla routing for osmand, which suppose to have traffic data but last time I checked it wasn’t ready yet.