There's a few reasons why I build Lokjo.
- I kept hearing shops in my area (Berlin) were bought up by corporates, given the choice to pay double/tripple rent or get out.
- People do support local shops but they're hard to find with corporate googlemaps.
- Most local shops have their own products for a NORMAL price, good quality, no slave-labour or dirty 'investments' behind it, just people doing what they love.
Give it a try if you like.
..it IS the same shops. We use data from OSM.
The difference is that OSM.org is a map made for contributors, to add data. Lokjo, on the other hand, is for people who would like to use that data in a daily routine, like googlemaps, but EU and non-profit.
Osm doesn't have a function to search all shops in a certain area, with popups showing info, it doesn't have a corporate/chains filter, it doesn't have a user interface made for daily use.
That's why Lokjo was made.
Lokjo - a European online map
🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉